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The Suffering Servant, Numbered with Transgressors
Written: ~700 BC→Fulfilled: ~AD 30
Isaiah prophesied that the Servant would be "numbered with the transgressors", Jesus was crucified between two criminals.
Prophecy & Fulfillment
Old Testament Prophecy
Isaiah 53:12
"Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
New Testament Fulfillment
Luke 22:37; 23:32-33
""It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me." ... Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals."
Commentary
Jesus himself quoted this verse at the Last Supper, saying it "must be fulfilled in me." Hours later, he was crucified between two criminals, fulfilling the prophecy literally. The verse also mentions intercession for transgressors, fulfilled in Jesus's prayer "Father, forgive them" (Luke 23:34).