Isaiah 53:7: “as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; and opened not his mouth” The silence that was a bit too loud Was Jesus humble and sile...
53:6: “the Lord has visited upon him the iniquity of us all” The pre-Gospel church and its developing christology The pre-Gospel church develop...
Not by blood loss Presuming Jesus was nailed to the cross, did blood oozing from the nail wounds cause his death? The Roman method of execution by...
The rest of the story John’s claim that Jesus was “scourged” during the trial before Pilate (John 19:1) leaves open the extent of injury incurred ...
53:5: “The chastisement of our [the nations] welfare was upon him [Israel], and with his wounds we were healed.” The scourging mystery “[W]ith ...
53:5: “But he [Israel] was wounded as a result of our [the nations of the world] transgressions, he was crushed as a result of our iniquities.” ...
Was Jesus abandoned by everyone in his last hours? The Synoptic Gospels maintain that at the crucifixion “many women were there looking on from a ...
53:3: “He was despised, and rejected of men … and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
53:2: “[H]e grew up … a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry land … no form nor comeliness … nor appearance that we should delight in him.”
53:1: “Who would have believed our report [literally, “what we have heard”]?” Find out more as we enter chapter 53 of Isaiah
(Leviticus 17:11) Fulfilling the Torah’s requirements Christians argue that the multiplicity of biblical laws makes it impossible for one to ...
Continued from Chapter 11b And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my suppl...
Continued from Chapter 11d Sacrificial blood loss Biblically, sacrificial death must be directly attributable to the loss of blood and this she...
Not by blood alone There is historical precedent from Jewish history to guide us as to the biblically prescribed manner by which to obtain atoneme...
(Deuteronomy 13:2-4) The New Testament claim that Jesus performed miracles is one more exaggeration on the part of early Christians seeking to i...
(Deuteronomy 18:15, 18) The Torah declares that “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your bre...
(Isaiah 7:14-16) Isaiah 7:14-16: Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and s...
52:14: “So marred was his appearance unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men” Let the truth be told Although many pos...
Betulah It is a fact of biblical usage that betulah is the Hebrew word for “virgin,” consistently used in passages which leave no room for specula...
The untenable Christian claim The virgin conception story cannot gain any substantiation through reference to the Jewish Scriptures or by appealin...
(Isaiah 11) Isaiah 11 is generally accepted as a passage which speaks of the Messiah and the messianic age. In verse 1 the prophet states: “And ...
Christian theological needs The argument that Jesus died without any significant following is an argument necessitated by the theological need to ...
Where is the Christian’s blood atonement for sin? Hebrews 9:22 states that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. It does ...
53:8: “As a result of the transgression of my people [the nations] he [Israel] has been afflicted.” The literal rendering of this verse is: “Fro...
(Jeremiah 23:5-6) In their effort to substantiate the belief in a triune deity, Christians have alleged that a prophecy given by Jeremiah suppor...
(Jeremiah 31:22) “A woman encompasses a man” Christians offer a tendentious interpretation of the verse: “For the Lord has created a new thing ...
(Malachi 3:1, 23-24) Did Elijah come and we didn’t recognize him? The prophet Malachi declares: Behold, I send you My messenger, and he shall c...
Psalms 45:7-8 reads: “Your throne, God [’Elohim], is for ever and ever; a scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteou...
Exalted, lifted up, very high Rewarding the servant: The servant is to be raised to a higher position in the estimation of those who were previous...
Isaiah 52:13: “Behold My Servant” My servant There are a number of reasons why Jesus cannot be considered the servant. The phrase, “My servant,...