³ He is despised and rejected by men, 

      A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. 

      And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; 

      He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 

       ⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs 

      And carried our sorrows; 

      Yet we esteemed Him stricken, 

      Smitten by God, and afflicted. 

       ⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions, 

      He was bruised for our iniquities; 

      The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, 

      And by His stripes we are healed. 

Isaiah 53

Contemplation on Paschal Hymn "Thine is the Power" by H.H. Pope Shenouda III