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   From: orwell@1984.com   
      
   On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:02:10 +0000, bob  wrote:   
      
   >John wrote:   
   >> 1st century Hebrews took that to be a messianic prophesy.   
   >> Only in later centuries AFTER Christ did Jews view this   
   >> as refering to Jacob or Israel.   
   >>   
   >   
   >And it's not exegetically supportable to have the suffering   
   >servant referring to Israel in this passage.   
      
   The Jews have a good argument; same with the Christians. It ultimately   
   comes down to a matter of belief not proof, IMO.   
      
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