Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 52:14 describes the servant's disfigurement and marring, directly connecting to the physical abuse of offering back and cheeks in Isaiah 50:6.
Isaiah 53:3 says people hide their faces from the servant, while Isaiah 50:6 says he did not hide his face—different angles on his suffering.
Mark 14:65 shows Jesus being spit on, struck, and mocked, fulfilling the servant's willingness to not hide from spitting and beating.
In Hebrews 12:2, Jesus' endurance of the cross and its shame directly fulfills the suffering servant's submission to mocking and spitting.
John 18:22 records Jesus being struck by an officer, fulfilling the servant's acceptance of physical violence without retaliation.
Luke 22:64 adds the detail of striking Jesus' face while blindfolded, fulfilling the servant's offering of his cheeks to blows.
Luke 22:63 recounts Jesus being mocked and beaten, directly fulfilling the servant's submission to beating and insult.
Mark 15:19 describes soldiers striking Jesus' head and spitting on him, fulfilling the servant's experience of mocking and physical abuse.
Matthew 27:26 describes Jesus being scourged, which directly fulfills the servant's offering of his back to those who beat him.
Matthew 5:39 applies the same principle of turning the other cheek, teaching disciples to follow the servant's non-retaliatory example.
Matthew 26:67 records Jesus being spit on and struck, fulfilling the servant's offering of his face to mocking and blows.
Lamentations 3:30 echoes this same image of offering the cheek to the striker, reinforcing the theme of humble endurance under suffering.
In Job 30:10, Job says people spit in his face—directly paralleling the servant's acceptance of spitting as shame.
Hebrews 5:8 says Christ learned obedience through suffering — a direct parallel to the Suffering Servant's willing submission here.
In Philippians 2:8, Christ's obedience to death on a cross echoes the Suffering Servant's voluntary humiliation here.
Philippians 2:7 describes Christ's self-emptying to take servant form — directly paralleling the Suffering Servant's submission here.
John 19:1 records Jesus being flogged, directly fulfilling the servant offering his back to the beaters.
Psalm 69:7 explicitly says the psalmist bears scorn and shame covers his face, directly mirroring the servant's experience of not hiding his face from mocking.
Luke 18:32 details mocking, insulting, spitting, and flogging Jesus will endure, matching the servant's experience.
Mark 15:15 records Jesus being flogged, fulfilling the servant offering his back to be beaten.
In Job 16:10, Job describes being slapped on the cheek and mocked—a direct parallel to the servant's innocent suffering.
Mark 10:34 lists mocking, spitting, and flogging in Jesus' passion prediction, directly echoing the servant's suffering.
Matthew 27:30 directly fulfills Isaiah 50:6 as soldiers spit on Jesus and strike his head, mirroring the servant's offering of his face to spitting.
Psalm 22:24 says God does not hide his face from the afflicted, contrasting with the servant's willingness to face suffering without hiding his own face.
Micah 5:1 depicts the judge of Israel being struck on the cheek, a parallel prophecy of the Messiah's humiliation that matches the servant's experience here.
Luke 6:29 applies the same non-retaliatory attitude by teaching to turn the other cheek after being struck.