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MESSIAH AND ISAIAH 53

Talmud - Sanhedrin 98b

R. Johanan said: For the sake of the Messiah. What is his [the Messiah's] name? —

The School of R. Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, until Shiloh come. (26)

The School of R. Yannai said: His name is Yinnon, for it is written, His name shall endure for ever: (27) …

The Rabbis said: His name is ‘the leper scholar,’ as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted. (31)

(26) Genesis 49:10, (27) E.V. ‘shall be continued’, (31) Isaiah 53:4.