Ofiara sługi Jahwe

Abstract

The prophet Isiah speaks in his fourth Song (52, 13-53, 12) about a Servant of God who bears the pains and sins of men quite willingly, obedient to God's will. The Prophet stresses twelve times that the Servant of God bears our sickness, our pains, our transgressions, and in the 12th verse he speaks explicitly the sins of many. The work of the Servant is of a. general character and is described as an offering for sins, aszam (53, 10). According to the views current among thè Jews, the soul and life were contained in the blood. Thus, when the Prophet says he hath poured his soul unto death (53, 12), he is stating that the Servants death was accompanied by a flow of his blood, as was the case in the offerings of the Old Testament. The words of Isa 53, 7 are in Acts 8, 32-35 clearly referred to Jesus Christ. Similarly the whole of Song fourth is frequently referred to Jesus Christ. Also Christian tradition refers the offering of the Servant of God to the Passion of Christ.