Servant of Jehovah

Jesus as the Servant of Jehovah

- prophecised in Isaiah (Mat 12:18)
- actualized in the Gospels (Mat 20:28)
- glorified in Acts (Acts 3:13)
- exemplified in the Epistles as the bond servant for believers to emulate (Phi 2:7)

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