Isaiah 53:5

The Anointing of the Sick

• §1505Article 5 · The Anointing of the SickRead at vatican.va

  “On the cross Christ took upon himself the whole weight of evil and took away the "sin of the world,"” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:29; cf. Isa 53:4-6.

"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"

• §713Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above all in the "Servant songs." These songs proclaim the meaning of Jesus' Passion and show how he will pour out the Holy Spirit to give life to the many: not as an outsider, but by embracing our "form as slave."

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus I.54Book I

  “And who shall describe His generation? because His life is taken away from the earth; because of the iniquities of My people was He led unto death.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. liii. 1–8 in the Septuagint version (Roman text).

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 30

  “This did Isaiah before him likewise perceive, when he declared: “And the Lord hath delivered Him up for our offences.”” — editor's note: This is the sense rather than the words of Isa. liii. 5, 6.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.21Book IV

  “…than the angels,” “a worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people;” seeing that it was His will that “with His stripes we should be healed,” that by His humiliation our salvation should be established.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 5.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 14

  “Be not then ashamed of the Crucified, but be thou also bold to say, He beareth our sins, and endureth grief for us, and with His stripes we are healed.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 4, 5.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.5Book IV

  “Truly, they were wounds piercing His Body, but there was no weakness betokened by that wound, whence flowed the Life of all, and therefore was it that the prophet said: “By His stripes we are healed.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 5.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.9Book I

  “Who, then, is He by the wound of Whose stripes we are healed but Christ the Lord? of Whom the same Isaiah prophesied His stripes were our healing, of Whom Paul the Apostle wrote in his epistle: “Who knew no sin, but was made sin for us.”” — editor's note: Is. liii. 5.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.6Festal Letters

  “For the death of Isaac did not procure freedom to the world, but that of our Saviour alone, by whose stripes we all are healed.” — editor's note: Is. liii. 5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels I.31Book I

  The Fulfilment of the Prophecies Concerning Christ. 47. Wherefore let those evil applauders of Christ, who refuse to become Christians, desist from making the allegation that Christ did not teach that their gods were…

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 35

  “Behold one lamp.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 5–8.

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Hilary of Poitiers

• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 10

  “To this article of our faith the prophet bears witness when he says, He beareth our sins and grieveth for us: and we esteemed Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted: He was wounded for our transgressions and made weak for our sins.” — editor's note: Isai. liii. 4, 5. Hilary translates from the Septuagint. The Hebrew and the Vulgate differ, cf. the English Version, “Surely He hath borne our griefs” (instead…

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 17

  “And in the end of the passage he said:—He shall be slain for our sins; He shall be humiliated for our iniquity; the chastisement of our peace is upon Him, and by His bruises shall we be healed.” — editor's note: Is. liii. 5.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.14Book II

  “And God has delivered Him for our sins; and He, because He was afflicted, opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 1–7. [See p. 516, supra.]

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on Christ and Antichrist

  “…(lit. = deficient) above all men; a man smitten and familiar with bearing infirmity, (for His face was turned away); He was despised, and esteemed not.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 2–5.

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• Lamentations 4:20

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Matthew 8:17

  Cited together in Catechism §1505.

• Luke 4:18

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• John 1:29

  Cited together in Catechism §1505.

• John 4:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Acts 10:37

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Acts 10:38

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• 2 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• 1 Peter 2:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Psalm 4:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Psalm 45:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Psalm 119:120

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Isaiah 52:13

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.54.

• Isaiah 52:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.54.