Isaiah 42:1

The Mission Of Yahweh's Servant

¹ See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations. ² He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

Justice to the Gentiles

True God

Chosen One

Judgment To The Gentiles

Justice To The Nations

Isaiah 52:13

See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high.

Isaiah 53:11

... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Matthew 3:16-17

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Luke 3:22

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Philippians 2:7

But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;

Isaiah 43:10

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

1 Peter 2:4

To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

1 Peter 2:6

Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 59:21

And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

Psalm 89:19-20

Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

Isaiah 2:4

And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.

Isaiah 11:2-5

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Isaiah 32:16

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

Isaiah 41:8

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Isaiah 49:3-8

And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;

Isaiah 50:4-9

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Zechariah 3:8

Give ear now, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your friends who are seated before you; for these are men who are a sign: for see, I will let my servant the Branch be seen.

Malachi 1:11

For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.

Matthew 12:18-21

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

Mark 1:10-11

And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

Luke 9:35

And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

John 1:32-34

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

John 6:27

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

John 16:32

See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

Acts 10:38

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

Acts 11:18

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

Acts 26:17-18

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

Acts 28:28

Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

Romans 15:8-16

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

Ephesians 1:4

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

Ephesians 3:8

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

Colossians 1:13

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;