But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
⛓ Read Isaiah 53 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Quotation1
A formal citation — high verbal volume, often introduced by a saying-formula.
"by whose stripes you were healed" (2:24) is a near-verbatim citation of Isaiah 53:5 LXX, 'by his bruise (tō mōlōpi autou) we were healed.' Distinctive rare word mōlōps marks high volume.
High confidenceAllusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
"Peace with God" (5:1) and reconciliation through Christ's death (5:10-11) echo the Suffering Servant whose "chastisement brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53 supplies the template of one man's death securing peace and healing for the many that drives the whole passage.
High confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'By his stripes we are healed / he was wounded for our transgressions' — the scourging of Jesus before crucifixion resonates with the Servant's bruising; thematic but apt.
Medium confidence'Making peace through the blood of his cross' (v.20) faintly recalls the Servant whose chastisement brought 'peace' (shalom) and whose wounds bring healing. The peace-through-suffering-death linkage is coherent; flagged contested given the diffuse wording.
Low confidence