Isaiah 53 • Read. Understand. Remember. Give thanks.

Borne Our Griefs Lab

Study what the Saviour experienced, what He can do for you because of it, and the doctrinal mastery passage Isaiah 53:3–5.

Take this slowly. Isaiah is describing what Jesus Christ did for you.

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Read and notice

What He experienced, and what He can do for me

Read Isaiah 53:1–12 and Alma 7:11–13. The lesson asks you to look for two things. Decide which each phrase shows most clearly. One phrase holds both.

“He is despised and rejected of men”
Isaiah 53:3

“a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief”
Isaiah 53:3

“with his stripes we are healed”
Isaiah 53:5

“by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many”
Isaiah 53:11

“suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind”
Alma 7:11

“that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people”
Alma 7:12

Decide where each phrase belongs. You can change any answer.

Understand the words

What do these phrases mean?

Some of Isaiah’s words are hard. The student lesson offers possible meanings. Choose the one that fits the verse, and use the scripture links to check.

“Surely he hath borne our griefs” (Isaiah 53:4). What can “griefs” include?

“The chastisement of our peace was upon him” (Isaiah 53:5)

“With his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). What are “stripes”?

“How to succor his people” (Alma 7:12). What does “succor” mean?

First complete activity 1, then look at the difficult words.

Read the verses again with these meanings in mind: Isaiah 53:3–5 · Matthew 27:26 · Alma 7:11–12

Remember it

Decode the picture, then rebuild the reference and key phrase without looking

Memory cartoon, a class teaching aid and not official Church artwork: an owl in a purple robe and blue headband, I-SEE-AH, carries two heavy sacks labelled GRIEFS and SORROWS while golden rays shine down and help hold them up; it presses an oversized calculator showing 5335, and a small turning arrow beside it shows the display upside down reading SEES. — A memory picture made for our class. It is a teaching aid, not official Church artwork.

Isaiah 53:3–5 is a doctrinal mastery passage. The picture is a memory aid: the owl, the calculator and the upside-down SEES are invented clues and are not in the verse. Only the griefs, the sorrows and the carrying come from Isaiah 53:3–5. Decode the three clues, then hide the picture and try the rest from memory.

Picture clue 1. The owl in the blue headband and purple robe is our class owl, I-SEE-AH. Which book does he stand for?

Picture clue 2. The two heavy sacks read GRIEFS and SORROWS, and golden light helps to hold them up. Which words of the passage do they carry?

Picture clue 3. The calculator shows 5335, and turned upside down it reads SEES. How does that give the reference?

Where is it found?

“Surely [Jesus Christ] hath _____

our _____,

and carried our _____.”

First complete activity 2, then rebuild the key phrase from memory.

Take it to the journal

Words of comfort and gratitude

Choose one from each row to shape a page for your own journal.

I will write:

Using:

PRIVATE JOURNAL: Keep the writing outside this app. Nothing you choose is stored or sent; it disappears when the page is refreshed.

Complete activities 1 to 3, then choose one option from each row.

Journal page model titled HE KNOWS with a key phrase line and four empty sections: 1 WHAT I FOUND in two columns, What He experienced and What He can do for me; 2 MY NAME IN THE VERSES; 3 WORDS FOR SOMEONE; 4 MY GRATITUDE — Original teaching aid, not official Church artwork. Copy the layout; the words are yours.

Read Elder Bednar’s words in Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease

Seminary Learning Hub Lesson 124 on ChurchofJesusChrist.org