The Anticipated Christ: A Lamb Led to the Slaughter
Dec 11, 2022 • Brian Zahnd
The fourth Servant Song is the prime example of why the book of Isaiah is often called the “Fifth Gospel.” The first Christians saw the suffering and vindication of Jesus throughout Isaiah 53, and thus these verses appear repeatedly in the Gospels and Epistles. Isaiah’s Suffering Servant poem contain the narrative contours of the Passion story.