The servant who did not forgive was tortured. Perhaps Jesus is referring to the way a person feels when they cannot forgive. They remain bitter and resentful and end up suffering the most.

What should astonish us about Jesus is that in his deepest time of need, when his closest companions—Peter, James, and John—failed to empathize with him, God’s suffering servant retreated to ...

Jesus himself is the ultimate character who fulfills God's promises from the Old Testament, when he comes as Messiah (19:38), and Suffering Servant (Isa 53-55) to cleanse Israel and the whole ...

Jesus was not this kind of Messiah. He didn’t fit this image because he was a suffering servant Messiah who would overcome sin by his death. Some Jews were looking for a king who would have ...