Isaiah 53:8
“He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”
King James Version
The Servant cut off from the land of the living for the people's transgression, the death of Christ for sin.
Fulfillment References
Acts 8:33 Daniel 9:26 Matthew 27:50
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.' The Servant dies — 'cut off' (cf. Dan. 9:26) — and for others' sin, not His own. The Ethiopian eunuch asked of whom this spoke, and Philip preached Jesus from it (Acts 8:32-35). The stricken One is the Lord Jesus, God in flesh, slain for the transgression of His people.
JewishThe servant taken away by oppression and judgment; in the national reading, Israel cut off and afflicted, stricken for others.
CatholicChrist's death for the sins of the people, His 'generation' beyond declaring; read of the Passion.
ProtestantThe Servant's death for the transgression of the people, fulfilled in Christ — the text Philip used to preach Jesus (Acts 8).
AcademicVerse 8 is textually difficult ('who shall declare his generation?'); the servant's death 'for the transgression of my people' is pivotal in the song.
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