Isaiah 53:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָכֵ֤ן	'a.Khen	nevertheless	H403 →
חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙	cho.la.Ye.nu	sicknesses our	H2483 →
ה֣וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
נָשָׂ֔א	na.Sa'	he bore	H5375 →
וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּ	u.makh.'o.Vei.nu	and pains our	H4341 →
סְבָלָ֑ם	se.va.Lam	he carried them	H5445 →
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּ	cha.shav.Nu.hu	we considered him	H2803 →
נָג֛וּעַ	na.Gu.a'	stricken	H5060 →
מֻכֵּ֥ה	mu.Keh	struck of	H5221 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃	u.me.'u.Neh	and afflicted	H6031 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
leads to
- Isaiah 53:4–6
  Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- Matthew 8:17
  This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- Romans 6:11
  So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:2
  down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…
Through
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 21:23
  you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…

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1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”Matthew 8:17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,Isaiah 53:5–6But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.Hebrews 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.Isaiah 53:11–12After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.Numbers 7:15one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;Numbers 7:45one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Prophecy and fulfillment
Matthew 8:17
Matthew reads the Servant of Isaiah 53 as Jesus, quoting “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” over the healings at Capernaum (Matt 8:17, quoting Isa 53:4). One strand of ancient Jewish reading ran the same way: the Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b) gives the Messiah the name “the leprous one” from this very chapter.
quoted explicitly in the New Testament; Edersheim, Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Appendix IX (public domain)
Prophecy and fulfillment
Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
A picture of Christ
Matthew 8:17
He bore our griefs and carried our sorrows
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
Quoted here
Matthew 8:17
'Himself took our infirmities': Matthew, healing-fulfillment formula (hopos plerothe to rhethen dia Esaiou)
public-domain commentaries in agreement; cross-checked against the UBS apparatus; TAGNT-db

Where scholars push back(1)

Matthew 8:17. Many read the Servant corporately as Israel, on the strength of Isaiah 49:3 (“Thou art my servant, O Israel”), rather than as one individual.

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