Isaiah 53:7

“In particular Jesus' redemptive death fulfils Isaiah's prophecy of the suffering Servant.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 53:7-8 and Acts 8:32-35.

“By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol of Israel's redemption at the first Passover.” — Catechism footnote: Is 53:7, 12; cf. Jer 11:19; Ex 12:3-14; Jn 19:36; 1 Cor 5:7.

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."

“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).

“For He neither uttered nor committed anything that was improper, but was truly “led as a sheep to the slaughter, and was dumb as a lamb before the shearer;” and the Gospel testifies that He opened not His mouth.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

““But who shall declare His nativity? for His life shall be taken away from the earth.” [Philip declared] that this was Jesus, and that the Scripture was fulfilled in Him; as did also the believing eunuch himself: and, immediately requesting to be baptized, he said, “I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 32; Isa. liii. 7, 8.

“…was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb is dumb before the shearer, so He opened not His mouth: in His humiliation His judgment was taken away;” and all the rest which the prophet proceeded to relate in regard to His passion and His coming in the flesh, and how He was dishonoured by those who did not…” — editor's note: Acts viii. 27; Isa. liii. 7.

“…and knowing what it is to bear infirmity, and sat upon the foal of an ass, and was a stone rejected by the builders, and was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and by the stretching forth of His hands destroyed Amalek; while He gathered from the ends of the earth into His Father’s fold the children who were scattered…” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…that, ‘A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you,’ is spoken of one of the Prophets; and who, as to the words, ‘He was led as a sheep to the slaughter,’ instead of learning from Philip, conjecture them spoken of Isaiah or some other of the former Prophets.” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7.

“For the crucifixion is denoted by ‘Ye shall see your Life hanging,’ and the wound in the side by the spear answers to ‘He was led as a sheep to the slaughter,’ and the resurrection, nay more, the rising of the ancient dead from out their sepulchres (for these most of you have seen), this is, ‘Thou shalt not leave My…” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7.

“…lamb, but that true Lamb that was slain, even our Lord Jesus Christ; ‘Who was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and was dumb as a lamb before her shearers;’ being purified by His precious blood, which speaketh better things than that of Abel, having our feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel, holding in our…” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7.

“The patriarch was tried, through Isaac, not however that he was sacrificed, but He who was pointed out in Isaiah; ‘He shall be led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers he shall be speechless;’ but He took away the sin of the world.” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7.

“For of Him the prophet says, “A man set in a plague, and knowing how to bear infirmity;” who “was led as a sheep for a victim; and, as a lamb before him who sheareth him, opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: See Isa. liii. 3, 7, in LXX.; and comp. Ps. xxxviii. 17 (xxxvii. 18 in LXX.) in the “Great Bible” of 1539.

“…because cursed is he that hangeth on a tree,—Him who was led as a sheep to be a sacrifice, and just as a lamb before its shearer, so opened He not His mouth; but gave His back to the scourges, nay, His cheeks to the hands of the smiter, and turned not away His face from spitting, and, being numbered with the…” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“The Scripture which he was readingfalls in opportunely with his faith: Philip, being requested, is taken to sit beside him; the Lord is pointed out; faith lingers not; water needs no waiting for; the work is completed, and the apostle snatched away.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 28, 30, 32, 33, and Isa. liii. 7, 8, especially in LXX. The quotation, as given in Acts, agrees nearly verbatim with the Cod. Alex. there.

“He, again, was “led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearer,” that is, Herod, “is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…when He had to be led as a sheep to be slain as a victim, and to be as a lamb dumb before the shearer, not opening His mouth, and not fair to look upon.” — editor's note: A reference to, rather than quotation from, Isa. liii. 7.

“…Isaiah,—a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, who was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and who, like a lamb before the shearer, opened not His mouth; who did not struggle nor cry, nor was His voice heard in the street who broke not the bruised reed—that is, the shattered faith of the Jews—nor quenched the…” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 3, 7.

“But was it not because He had to be “led like a lamb to the slaughter; and because, as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so was He not to open His mouth,” that He so profoundly wished to accomplish the symbol of His own redeeming blood?” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“For, “as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so He opened not His mouth,” because “the Lord had given to Him a disciplined tongue, that he might know how and when it behoved Him to speak”—even that “tongue which clove to His jaws,” as the Psalm said it should, through His not speaking.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“So that the prophecy of Him, As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so opened He not His mouth, (Isa. 53:7.) was amply fulfilled.” — the author cites it

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“He is called a Way, not one trodden by feet, but leading to the Father in heaven; He is called a Sheep, not an irrational one, but the one which through its precious blood cleanses the world from its sins, which is led before the shearers, and knows when to be silent.” — editor's note: Ib. i. 29; Is. liii. 7, 8; Acts viii. 32.

“Isaiah liii. 1, 7” — the author cites it

“And as it is said of the One: “Who spared not His own Son, but gave Him for all of us,” so it is written of the other: “He was offered because He Himself willed it.”” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7. (Lat.)

“For the passover was Christ, who was afterwards sacrificed, as also Isaiah said, ‘He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.’” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“When He speaks by Isaiah, ‘He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before the shearer,’ He speaks as if the suffering had already taken place.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Eran.—Because John called the Lord “a lamb,” and Isaiah called Him “lamb” and “sheep.”” — editor's note: Is. liii. 7

“Our Lord “was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“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.]

“And He bare the sins of many, and was delivered for their offences.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7–9, 12.

“Yet in respect of His humanity He is less—and still you wonder that speaking in the person of a man He called the Father greater than Himself, when in the person of a man He called Himself a worm, and not a man, saying: “But I am a worm, and no man;” and again: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…the crib of Christ; and that Sheep is his portion which was led to the slaughter, and that Lamb which was dumb before the shearer, and opened not His mouth, in Whose humiliation judgment has been exalted.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“And when their proud exaltation hath been cut off, He will lay them low after the imitation of His Own humility, who like a calf was led to slaughter by the nobility of this world.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Yet when He suffered, He said none of these things; not that He had not what to say, but He waited for them to fulfil all things, and that all the prophecies might be fulfilled of Him, of whom it had been said, “And as a sheep before her shearer is dumb, so openeth He not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“He was first “led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, even so opened not His mouth;” meek to that degree, that while hanging on the Cross, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…“Thou couldest have no power against Me, except it had been given thee from above;” and while led as a victim “before His shearer He opened not His mouth,” and while crucified, and while buried, He was always hidden God of gods.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Was it, O Lord Jesus Christ, that Thou wast silent, and like a sheep for a victim wast being led, and didst not open before the shearer Thy mouth, and we thought Thee to be set in smiting and in grief, and knowing how to bear weakness?” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“He that like a lamb before the shearer of Him was without voice, “behold shall give His voice,” and not the voice of weakness, as though to be judged; but “the voice of power,” as though going to judge.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“And that which in Isaiah hath been prophesied, “like a sheep to be sacrificed He was led, and like a lamb before one shearing Him, so He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

““He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter:” worship the lamb also, since it is a type of Christ.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

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…

“For surely prophecy speaks with the utmost plainness of the Lord Jesus Christ, when it says that “He was led as a lamb to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7

“…judge when He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and, as a lamb before the shearer, opened not His mouth as we read that it was prophesied of Him by Isaiah, and as we see it fulfilled in the Gospel.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“For He said this with reference to the form of a servant, speaking of a future event as if it were past, as in the same prophet we read, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter,” not “He shall be led;” but the past tense is used to express the future.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Interrogate Isaiah: “He was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before his shearer was dumb, so He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Then He will not be silent; for when He came concealed, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer, He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

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

“When He was judged; that this, too, might be fulfilled which the prophet had foretold: “As a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Ask the prophet: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“For what need was there that the Lord should command them to slay a sheep on the very day of the feast, save only because of Him it was prophesied, “He is led as a sheep to the slaughter”?” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“And now that prophetic emblem is fulfilled in truth, when Christ is led as a sheep to the slaughter, that by His blood sprinkled on our doorposts, that is, by the sign of His cross marked on our foreheads, we may be delivered from the perdition awaiting this…” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…himself; so that it was not in vain that the prophecy regarding Him had preceded, “As the lamb before its shearer was dumb, so He opened not His mouth,” especially on those occasions when He answered not His questioners.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Whence “our passover has been offered, even Christ,” of whom the prophet Isaiah also had predicted, “He shall be led as a lamb to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“Thus Isaiah speaking of His slaughter does not say, “He shall be led (which would have denoted futurity) as a sheep to the slaughter”; but “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter” ( Isa. liii. 7 ); yet He was not yet Incarnate, but the Prophet speaks of what should be as if it had come to pass.” — the author cites it

“Thus Isaiah puts them together, saying, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter” ( Isa. liii. 7 ), and all that follows.” — the author cites it

“While they held this dialogue one with the other, He held His peace, fulfilling that saying of the Prophet, that “He openeth not his mouth: in His humiliation His judgment was taken away.” ( Isa. liii. 7, 8 , LXX.)” — the author cites it

“For so Isaiah saith, “He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is dumb.”” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

““For as a sheep was He led to the slaughter.”” — editor's note: Isaiah liii. 7.

““They pierced my hands and my feet;” [Ps 22:16] and in another place, “He is led as a sheep to the slaughter;” and, “By the iniquities of my people was He led to death.” [Isa 53:7-8]” — the author cites it

“Also how is he a greater prophet than these, if he knew not those things which all the prophets knew; for Isaiah says, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.” [Isa 53:7]” — the author cites it

“They that are saved are called sheep by reason of that mildness which they have learnt of Him who said, “Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly,” [Matt 11:29] and because they are ready to go even to death in imitation of Christ, who “was led as a sheep to the slaughter.” [Isa 53:7]” — the author cites it

“But because by taking them upon Him He took away our sins and bore our iniquities.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7 LXX.

“Therefore I was not rebellious, neither turned away back, saith my Lord, when, instead of being called to rule, He was led, as a sheep to the slaughter; but I fell down and humbled myself under the mighty hand of God, and asked pardon for my former idleness and disobedience, if this is at all laid to my charge.” — editor's note: Ib. liii. 7.

“As a sheep He is led to the slaughter, but He is the Shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

“…above the Majesty of Jesus, because he is called a great Mountain, and Leviathan and King of that which lives in the water, whereas Christ is called the Lamb, and the Pearl, and the Drop and similar names.” — editor's note: Isa. liii. 7.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.23.

Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 11:2–6 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 11:2–6 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 25:31–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 25:31–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:55–58 (2) (Catena Aurea).

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Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:55–58 (2) (Catena Aurea).

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Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.23.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 37.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 116.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.

Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.23.

Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 19:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).

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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.23.

Cited together in Against Heresies IV.23.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 25:31–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 20.

Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:55–58 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.

Cited together in Against Celsus I.54.

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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

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Acts 8:32 takes up the words of Isaiah 53:7 (8 words in common).