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"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, He will declare judgment to the Gentiles.
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God's Chosen Servant
Commentators unanimously identify Jesus as the "servant" from Isaiah 42. God the Father calls him "chosen" and "beloved," expressing eternal delight and sovereign purpose. This isn't a lowly title but one of high honor, signifying Jesus' unique role as the one chosen to redeem humanity. This divine affirmation, also heard at Jesus' baptism, means that to accept Jesus is to accept God's own appointed King.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My servant. This refers to the Messiah, the Lord Jesus, who is called a servant because he took the form of a servant—meaning he …
My beloved (ο αγαπητος μου). This phrase reminds one of Mt 3:17 (the Father's words at Christ's baptism).
19th Century
Anglican
Behold my servant — The mysterious “servant of the Lord,” who is the central figure of the last part of Isaiah’s propheci…
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Baptist
It is in Isaiah 42:1-4 that we read words which are quoted in their full sense, if not literally, by the evangelist. The Servant of God, elect, bel…
This quotation from Isa 42:1–4 is the longest one in Matthew. Jesus is God’s “chosen” (GK 1721) or elect Servant, the one on whom God has poured ou…
16th Century
Protestant
Lo, my servant, whom I have chosen. To fix our attention more closely on his will, God points out by the finger, as it were, the person wh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen These are the words of God the Father, speaking to the church, concerning Chri…
The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not yet come, he…
