Isaiah 6: The Call—The Pedagogy of God VIII - Fides et Ratio | Reflections on life from a theological and rational perspective

Among all the Old Testament prophets, Jesus quoted from Isaiah more frequently than any other. This is affirmed across Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant scholarship. The Gospels show Jesus referencing Isaiah to articulate His own mission, to call out hypocrisy, to reveal the nature of the Kingdom, and to emphasize the fulfillment of prophecy in His Person. Scholars note that Isaiah’s themes judgment, hope, the remnant, the suffering servant are foundational to understanding Jesus’ self-understanding and messianic role.
As Catholic biblical scholars Brant Pitre and John Bergsma note, Isaiah is “central to the Gospels’ portrayal of Jesus as the Divine King, the Suffering Servant, and the one bringing a new Exodus.”[24] Orthodox theologian Patrick Reardon similarly affirms that Isaiah “speaks more of the Messiah than all the other prophets combined.”[25] For Protestant voices, R. C. Sproul highlights that Jesus’ teaching ministry particularly in parables draws from Isaiah 6, especially …