The servant who did not forgive was tortured. Perhaps Jesus is referring to the way a person feels when they cannot forgive. They remain bitter and resentful and end up suffering the most.

So the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 becomes the suffering Jesus of the gospels. And Luke's quotation from Isaiah 61 becomes a reference to Jesus's ministry of healing and reconciliation.

Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Key fact Jesus was showing the people of Jerusalem that he was a humble, suffering servant by choosing to ride on a donkey not on horseback. We see Jesus as a ...