Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness… 1. Poverty and meanness are not disgraceful. Christ Himself was a carpenter, Paul a tent-maker, and the apostles fishermen. Christ, you see, scorned that glory, pomp and greatness which the world doteth upon. 2. Poverty should not he irksome to us. Christ underwent it before you; His apostles were base in the world's eye (1 Corinthians 4:13). Poverty is a great burden, and layeth a man open to many a disadvantage — scorn, contempt and refusal. But consider, Christ hath honoured it in His own person, and He honoureth it to this very day. ( T. Manton, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. |
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