– Refers to the mysterious Servant of Yahweh referred to by the prophet Isaiah:
Is 42,1-7 : Behold my Servant whom I support, my chosen one to whom I give all my affection.
Is 49,1-6 : And he said to me: “You are my Servant Israel, in whom I will rejoice”.
Is 50,4-10 : The Lord God has given me the tongue of a disciple so that I may know how to comfort the downcast with a word.
Is 52,13–53,8-12 : Behold, my Servant will prosper, he will grow, he will be lifted up, he will be exalted.
– Light of the nations:
Is 49,1-6 : It is not enough that you are my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob I will make you the light of the nations.
– To restore Israel:
Is 49,7-9 : I formed you and appointed you to make a covenant with the peoples, to restore the country.
– To comfort the downcast with words:
Is 50,4-10 : The Lord God has given me the tongue of a disciple so that I may know how to comfort the downcast with a word.
– He is interpreted by tradition as a typical figure of Jesus, who offers himself as a victim for the sins of the people:
Acts 3:13-14 , 18, 25 : The God of our fathers glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied.
Acts 4:27-28 : For indeed, in this city they were united against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
Acts 8,32-33 : He was taken to the slaughterhouse; and like a lamb that is silent before him that shears him, he opened not his mouth.
1Pt 2,21-22 : Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you should follow in his steps.
– Welcoming, meek and humble:
Mt 11,28-30 : Take my yoke upon you and receive my doctrine, for I am meek and humble in heart.
– In your name, heathen nations will hope:
Mt 12,18-21 : In his name the pagan nations will put their hope.
– The Good News is announced to the poor:
Lc 7,21-23 : The deaf hear, the dead are raised, the Gospel is preached to the poor.
– Jesus, although being Master and Lord, serves the apostles and washes their feet:
John 13:1-20 : Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with a towel.
– And he gives his life for the people as a supreme proof of love:
Mt 20,26-27 : It must not be like this among you. Whoever wants to become great among you must become your servant.
Mk 10,43-44 : Among you, however, it will not be like this: whoever wants to become great among you, let him be your servant.
Lc 22,37 : This oracle must also be fulfilled in me: And he was numbered among the evildoers (Is 53,12).
Jn 15:13 : Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
– From then on, his disciples call themselves servants:
Rom 1 :1 : Paul, servant of Jesus Christ, chosen to be an apostle, reserved to proclaim the Gospel of God.
Gal 1:10 : If I still wanted to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Phil 1:1.5 : Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Jesus Christ.
– And Mary, Mother of God and ours, handmaid of the Lord:
Lk 1,30-38.48 : Then Mary said: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word”.
– In the AT, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua and the prophets are called servants:
Gen 24:14 : Drink, and I will water your camels as well – that is what you intended for your servant Isaac.
Ex 14:31 : Therefore, the people feared the Lord and trusted in him and in his servant Moses.
Ex 32:13 : Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by you.
Num 12 :7 : But it is not so concerning my servant Moses, who is faithful in all my house.
Deut 34 :5: And Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had decided.
Josh 24:29 : And it came to pass after this that Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.
1Kings 8:56 : Not a word of all the good words he spoke by the mouth of his servant Moses failed.
2 Kings 17:23 : Until the day the Lord banished them from his presence, as he had announced by the mouth of his servants the prophets.
Ezekiel 37:25 : They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your fathers lived.
Jer 7:25 : From the day your fathers left Egypt until now, I have sent all my servants to you.
Am 3,7 : For the Lord Yahweh does nothing without revealing his secret to the prophets, his servants.
