In Acts 3:13-18, Peter portrays Jesus as the Rejected and Suffering Servant with clear echoes of Isaiah 52-53.  He begins in v13 by saying that God glorified his servant Jesus, an echo of Isaiah 52:13 where the servant will be high and lifted up and exalted.  Peter goes on to show how Jesus is the rejected servant delivered over to Pilate and denied by the people of Jerusalem, as Isaiah 53:3 depicts Jesus as the rejected servant who is despised and rejected.  Peter shows Jesus as the suffering servant in v18, and Isaiah 53:4-8 depicts the suffering of the servant as he stricken, wounded, crushed, oppressed, and afflicted.  And so Jesus is the rejected and suffering servant from Isaiah 52-53.  Two thoughts for us today:

First, Jesus can identify with our suffering:

Have you been despised?  So was Jesus. 

Have you been rejected?  So was Jesus.

Have you known sorrow and grief?  So did Jesus.

Have you been afflicted?  So was Jesus.

Have you been wounded?  So was Jesus.

Have you been crushed?  So was Jesus.

Have you been oppressed?  So was Jesus

Have you been stricken?  So was Jesus.

Have you suffered?  So did Jesus.

Have you known pain?  So did Jesus?

And when you face death.  Jesus faced it too.

He is not distant, untouched by our infirmities. 
He has been there.  He knows.  He cares. 
He endured it all for you.  And so now we endure it all for Him.

Second, Jesus bore our sins in our place:

He is the suffering servant who was wounded for our transgressions and crushed for iniquities.  The Lord laid on him the iniquities of us all.  He died for our sins.  The big sins that make us cringe.  The small sins we deem insignificant and yet are disgusting in God’s eyes.  He bore all of our sins on the cross to remove our guilt so we could go free.