...me, for I am meek and lowly in heart ; and that of the prophet Isaiah was then fulfilled to a tittle, his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men a : he gave his hack to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : he withheld...

...Son of God, who embodied the fulness of the Father's love ;' concerning whom it is written, that " his visage was. so marred, more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men ; that he was a man of sorrows and acquainted \vith grief, oppressed and afflicted^ who, when he was...

...Apollo. Had the Jewish text been respected, he would rather have been exhibited as hideously ugly : " his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." — Isaiah Hi. 14. But this would have spoiled the ornaments of the church as well as of the theatre,...

...a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." Isaiah, liii. 4. Many were to be astonished at him, " his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." Isaiah, lii. 14. The Psalmist, testifying beforehand of his sufferings, says, " My days are consumed...

...Isaiah, did not assume a form of human beauty. " His l 1 Cor. i. 27—29. ' 2 Cor. x. 10. 8 Ibid. xii. 7. visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men':" " He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire...

...most endowed and refined of all human spirits, was alive to the sufferings of its mortal tabernacle. "His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men." 8 There can be no question that our blessed Lord suffered grievously from weariness, watching, and...

...from him ; he was despised, and they esteemed him not, Isa. liii. 3. Nay, many were astonished at him, his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men, Isa. lii. 14. So far was his appearance from that glory and majesty, that pomp and splendour, which...

...passages, that his countenance was deficient in comeliness. Thus Isaiah foretels concerning him — " His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men."1 If indeed he possessed any external beauty in early life, yet sorrow, poverty, and hardship...

...shaU deal prudently ; he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished it thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men); so shall he sprinkle many nations ; the kings shall shut their mouths at him : for that which had not...

...he hath poured out his soul unto death, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah liii.) His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. (Isaiah lii. 14.) Now, the poor humbled sinner may say, has he suffered all this for me, yes, he hast...