Why Only Jesus Can Be the Suffering Servant Described in Isaiah 53
by Erik Manning
Here’s a spiritual conversation starter for you. Ask a friend to read Isaiah 53 with you. Then, ask them who they think the passage describes. 99 times out of 100, they’ll answer Jesus. That’s unless of course, they’ve never even heard of Jesus. That’s a good time to let them know these verses came several hundred years before Jesus was born. It might just blow their mind. Here are those famous passages, just to refresh your memory…