Isaiah 53:12
“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great... because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
King James Version
The Servant's vindication and the reason — He poured out His soul to death, was numbered with transgressors, bore many's sin, and interceded — words Jesus claimed at the Last Supper.
Fulfillment References
Luke 22:37 Mark 15:27-28 Hebrews 7:25 Romans 4:25
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus, 'numbered with the transgressors' (Luke 22:37), poured out His soul and intercedes (Heb. 7:25) — the one God saving through the Man who bore our sin.
JewishThe servant's suffering and exaltation, bearing the sin of many — read variously of Israel or a righteous intercessor.
CatholicFulfilled in Christ, numbered with criminals, bearing sin and interceding — the heart of the atonement.
ProtestantJesus quotes 'numbered with the transgressors' of Himself (Luke 22:37), crucified between thieves, bearing sin (1 Pet. 2:24).
OrthodoxChrist bearing the sin of many and ever interceding (Heb. 7:25).
DispensationalThe Servant's substitutionary death and intercession at the first coming.
AcademicThe climax of the fourth Servant Song; 'bare the sin of many' is central to substitutionary readings, debated in scholarship.
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