The Messiah would be God's servant. | |
OT Prophecy | NT Fulfillment |
Isaiah 49:6a "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." |
John 12:49-50 "[49] For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. [50] And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." |
Tanakh - Neviim - Isaiah 49:6a |
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"Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.'" |
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Hebrew OT - Isaiah 49:6a |
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בקעי יטבש-תא
םיקהל דבע יל ךתויהמ לקנ רמאיו |
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