Why do you say there is no Rabbinic support that Isaiah 53 pertains to the Messiah?
Rabbi Jonathan ben Uzziel, a disciple of Hillel, wrote: "Behold my servant Messiah shall prosper; he shall be high, and increase, and be exceeding strong: as the house of Israel looked to him through many days, because their countenance was darkened among the peoples, and their complexion beyond the sons of men." (Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 53, ad Iocum)
Within the Babylonian Talmud, we read:
The Messiah—what is his name?…The Rabbis say, the leprous one; those of the house of Rabbi say, the sick one, as it is said, "Surely he hath borne our sicknesses." (Sanhedrin 98b)
We readin the Midrash Rabbah, explaining Ruth 2:14:
"He is speaking of the King Messiah: "Come hither" draw near to the throne "and dip thy morsel in the vinegar," this refers to the chastisements, as it is said, "But he was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities."
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