Jesus – Man of Sorrows
Isaiah 53:3 – He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
The Jews expected the prophecy of the coming Messiah to be fulfilled by Jesus coming in full glory exalted above others, yet He came in lowly form. He had nothing of glory. He was born in swaddling clothes in a manger. Scripture indicates that his family was impoverished as they could only afford to offer a pair of turtledoves (Luke 2:24). His life was full of heartache and sorrow.
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (2 Corinthians 5:21). He became the one who bore the sins of all men past, present, and future.
