truth before, and Paul wants to be among those who tell them first.85 In the beginning they will be shocked at the depths to which the Savior falls (53:1–3), but in the end they will be overcome with gratitude that his sufferings were for them (53:4–6). 53:1 This verse appears to follow directly on from 52:13. The nations will be shocked because they had never before heard of a deliverer who would willingly fall so low in order to deliver them, but what about those who had heard of this before? Who