Isaiah 53:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Ver. 12. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great.] Or, I will give many to him. Psa 2:8 Some sense it thus: I will give him to conquer, plunder, and spoil the evil spirits; as Col 2:15 and this he shall have for a reward of his ignominious death, and his intercession for some of his enemies, whom he conquered by a new and noble kind of victory, viz., by loving them and by praying for them.

And he was numbered with transgressors.] So he became a sinner, though sinless: 1. By imputation; 2. By reputation.

And he bare the sins of many.] Not of all, as A. Lapide here would have it, because all are many, &c.

And made intercession.] For those that with wicked hands crucified him; Luke 23:34 Act 2:23 so for others still. Heb 7:25

Isaiah 53:12

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.