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NASB | Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief; And like One from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him. |
Bible Question: Was Jesus ugly or deformed in some way in physical appearance? Could this be why Mary and the disciples did not recognize him after the ressurection? Was his ressurected/perfected body so much different than his physical body? |
Bible Answer: In Isaiah 53:2b we read "He hath no form (stately form) nor comeliness (splendor); and when we see him there is no beauty that we should desire him" Although he is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, he came into this world as a man. We see this expanded by Paul in Phil. 2:5-11 we read of that one who when he came into this world "made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men" He came into this world a man, but without manifesting the glory that was his from the beginning. He was a perfect man and I do not believe that he was deformed in any way, but simply that he appeared to be an ordinary man which did not call attention to himself by Kingly splendor or by deformity. I believe that in Isaiah 53:3 which you have referred to "He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and aquainted with grief" refers to what we have in John 1:11 "He came unto his own and his own received him not, but to as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" (John 1:11-12) "And we (his own people) hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not" This is referring to those who rejected him and showed him no mercy or compassion at the time of his utter rejection upon the cross. I believe these are the words of a repentant sinner who realizes that they had turned their back on the Saviour even though he was suffering on their behalf on the cross. This is carried out in detail in Isaiah 53:5 God Bless Robert |