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Isaiah 53:8

Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He was taken from prison, and from judgment,.... After he had suffered and died, and made satisfaction to divine justice; or after he had been arrested by the justice of God, and was laid in prison,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He was taken from prison - Margin, ‘Away by distress and judgment.’ The general idea in this verse is, that the sufferings which he endured for his people were terminated by his being, after some form…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And who shall declare his generation "And his manner of life who would declare" - A learned friend has communicated to me the following passages from the Mishna, and the Gemara of Babylon, as leading…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 53:4-9

In these verses we have,

I. A further account of the sufferings of Christ. Much was said before, but more is said here, of the very low condition to which he abased and humbled himself, to which he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

He was taken from prison and from judgment Every word here is ambiguous. The principal interpretations are as follows: (1) "Without hindrance and without right he was taken away," i.e. he was put to…