In this situation it should come as no surprise that not many volunteers have come forth to play the role of suffering servants. (religion-online.org)
... Isaiah 53:1 The profit foretold that few would receive their Messiah as suffering servant. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The «must» in verse 31 is a divine necessity, and it comes not only from Jesus» acute estimate of the forces already set against him but also from his meditation on the great suffering servant passage of Isaiah 53 which he was beginning to see as a clue to his own ministry and life. (religion-online.org)