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.
Christ bore griefs and sorrows without shrinking or sinking under them, though the load was heavy and the way long. He was smitten with the tongue by cavilers and contradicted on all sides, then smitten with the hand by blow after blow, scourged without mercy, wounded in hands and feet and side, till scarcely a whole skin remained on Him.
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Commenting on Isaiah 53:4-9
He was not wounded for His own sins but for ours, taken upon Him to answer to divine justice and free us from the punishment we deserved. Like grain bruised in the mill or spice ground in a mortar, He was crushed under the weight of sin itself, and thereby removed our guilt entirely.
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The piercing was literal and bodily, not mere sorrow: His hands, feet, and side were pierced. He suffered not for His own guilt, which He had none of, but took upon Himself the chastisement that brings us peace and reconciliation with our Father through His stripes.
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