Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him… Three things suggest themselves as requiring explanation to one who seriously contemplates the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ. 1. An innocent man suffers. 2. The death of Jesus is the apparent defeat and destruction of one who possessed extraordinary and supernatural powers. 3. This apparent defeat and ruin, instead of hindering the progress of His work, became at once, and in all the history of the progress of His doctrine has been emphatically, the instrument whereby a world is conquered. The death of Jesus has not been mourned by His followers, has never been concealed, but rather exulted in and prominently set forth as that to which all men must chiefly look if they would regard Christ and His mission right. The shame and the failure issue in glory and completest success. What is the philosophy of this? Has any ever been given which approaches the Divinely revealed meaning supplied by our text? "He was wounded for our transgressions," etc. We learn here — I. THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS CHRIST RESULTED FROM OUR SINS. II. THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS WHERE RELATED TO THE DIVINE LAW. III. THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS BECAME REMEDIAL OF HUMAN SINFULNESS. (L. D. Bevan, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. |
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