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A Precise Portrait of the Cross
Commentators unanimously identify this verse as a direct and literal prophecy of the Messiah's suffering. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that the specific actions—scourging, plucking the beard (a grave cultural insult), and spitting—were not just general descriptions of hardship but precise predictions that were literally fulfilled in the passion of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Gospels.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 50:6
18th Century
Theologian
I gave my back to the smiters - I submitted willingly to be scourged, or whipped. This is one of the parts of this chapter that can…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 50:5–6
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord God. — Jehovah Adonai, as before. The Servant continues his soliloquy. What has come to him in the morning commu…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 50:6
19th Century
Preacher
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Now let …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 50:6
16th Century
Theologian
I exposed my body to the smiters. With the reproaches, jeers, and insolence of wicked men, he contrasts the unshaken courage that he posse…
John Gill
On Isaiah 50:6
17th Century
Pastor
I gave my back to the smiters
To Pontius Pilate, and those he ordered to scourge him, (Matthew 27:26)
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 50:4–9
17th Century
Minister
As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find Him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Je…