Thursday, March 11, 2021

Isaiah 53 SERIES - Verse 5

 Commentary of Charles Spurgeon, Adam Clarke & Matthew Henry
 
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.
Vs.5
 
He was wounded for our transgressions, to make atonement for them and to purchase for us the pardon of them. 

Our sins were the thorns in his head, the nails in his hands and feet, the spear in his side. 
 
--Wounds and bruises were the consequences of sin, what we deserved and what we had brought upon ourselves. 
--That these wounds and bruises, though they are painful, may not be mortal, Christ was wounded for our transgressions, was tormented or pained (the word is used for the pains of a woman in travail) for our revolts and rebellions.  
--He was bruised, or crushed, for our iniquities; they were the procuring cause of his death. 
 
He was cut off for the iniquity of my people, unto whom the stroke belonged, or was due. He was delivered to death for our offences. Rom. 4:25
Hence it is confirmed by the angel's prediction of the Messiah's undertaking, solemnly delivered to Daniel, that he shall finish transgression, make an end of sin, and make reconciliation for iniquity. Dan. 9:24.
 
--The consequence of this to us is our peace and healing,---Hereby we have peace: The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
--By his stripes (that is, the sufferings he underwent) he purchased for us the grace of God to mortify our corruptions. 
 
Sin is not only a crime, for which we were condemned to die and which Christ purchased for us the pardon of, but it is a disease, which tends directly to the death of our souls and which Christ provided for the cure of.