He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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No where in all the Old Testament is it so plainly and fully prophesied, that Christ ought to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, as in this chapter. But to this day few discern, or will acknowledge, that Divine power which goes with the word.
Isaiah 53:3 quoted in popular culture
- Albert Barnes
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- Annie Besant
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- Calvary
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- Catholic Church
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- Ecclesiastes
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- Frederic Farrar
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- Immaculate Conception
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- Isaiah
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- Michael Bruce
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- Moby-Dick
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- Queen of Heaven
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- Robert Hugh Benson
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- Son of God
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- Steve Kilbey
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- William Wilberforce
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