Isaiah 53:2 Douay-Rheims

And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him:

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

For not by any means in working wonders only was he wonderful, but even when merely showing himself, he was full of great grace. To declare this, the prophet said, "Fair in beauty beyond the children of humankind." When Isaiah says, "He had no form nor comeliness," he is comparing the [embodied Son] with the glory of his godhead, which surpasses all utterance and description. Or he is speaking of what took place at his passion, the dishonor that he underwent at the season of the cross and the mean estate that throughout his life he exemplified in all respects.

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A.D. 407 · on Isa 53:2 (HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 27:2)

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