He must become greater; I must become less.
JOHN 3:30
JESUS CHRIST
Despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief…
we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed...
.. ..All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all...
.. ..He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth…...
He was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of m people….
There was no deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him;
he has put him to grief...
.. .. THE PROPHET ISAIAH
CHAPTER 53, VERSES 3-10