Did Jesus fulfill Isaiah 53?

Centuries before Jesus, Isaiah 53 describes a servant who is despised, pierced for others' sins, silent before his accusers, assigned a grave with the wicked and the rich, and then vindicated and "sees the light of life." The Great Isaiah Scroll from Qumran, dated around 125 BC, proves this text predates Jesus by over a century - it could not have been written after the fact.

Jewish and Christian readers have long debated who the servant is, but the portrait fits Jesus with startling precision. It's one of many threads - from Micah's Bethlehem to Daniel's timeline - that the New Testament presents as converging on him. Read Isaiah 53 yourself and ask who it describes.