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The servant who did not hide His face

Isaiah's servant gives his back to blows and his cheeks to those who tear the beard, and does not hide from spitting. The Gospels describe Jesus spat on and beaten at His trials in the same terms.

Strong allusion or echoMedium confidence

A substantial textual relationship supported by cited evidence.

Old TestamentIsaiah 50:6Open this record
Strong allusion or echo
New TestamentMatthew 26:67Open this record

Read the earlier witness

I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
Isaiah 50:6 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him
Matthew 26:67 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Why FaithGraph draws this line

Matthew 26:67 echoes Isaiah 50:6.

The servant in Isaiah offers his back to those who strike him and his face to spitting; the accounts of Jesus being spat on and struck at the trial and by the soldiers echo the description without citing it.

Evidence

The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.