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Scott's Reference Library
October 19, 2003 | October 22, 2006 | October 18, 2009
Isaiah 53:4 through Isaiah 53:12 (NIV)
4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD’S will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 4-9
In these verses is an account of the sufferings of Christ; also of the design of
his sufferings. It was for our sins, and in our stead, that our Lord Jesus
suffered. We have all sinned, and have come short of the glory of God. Sinners
have their beloved sin, their own evil way, of which they are fond. Our sins
deserve all griefs and sorrows, even the most severe. We are saved from the
ruin, to which by sin we become liable, by laying our sins on Christ. This
atonement was to be made for our sins. And this is the only way of salvation.
Our sins were the thorns in Christ’s head, the nails in his hands and feet, the
spear in his side. He was delivered to death for our offences. By his sufferings
he purchased for us the Spirit and grace of God, to mortify our corruptions,
which are the distempers of our souls. We may well endure our lighter
sufferings, if He has taught us to esteem all things but loss for him, and to
love him who has first loved us.
VERSES 10-12
Come, and see how Christ loved us! We could not put him in our stead, but he put
himself. Thus he took away the sin of the world, by taking it on himself. He
made himself subject to death, which to us is the wages of sin. Observe the
graces and glories of his state of exaltation. Christ will not commit the care
of his family to any other. God’s purposes shall take effect. And whatever is
undertaken according to God’s pleasure shall prosper. He shall see it
accomplished in the conversion and salvation of sinners. There are many whom
Christ justifies, even as many as he gave his life a ransom for. By faith we are
justified; thus God is most glorified, free grace most advanced, self most
abased, and our happiness secured. We must know him, and believe in him, as one
that bore our sins, and saved us from sinking under the load, by taking it upon
himself. Sin and Satan, death and hell, the world and the flesh, are the strong
foes he has vanquished. What God designed for the Redeemer he shall certainly
possess. When he led captivity captive, he received gifts for men, that he might
give gifts to men. While we survey the sufferings of the Son of God, let us
remember our long catalogue of transgressions, and consider him as suffering
under the load of our guilt. Here is laid a firm foundation for the trembling
sinner to rest his soul upon. We are the purchase of his blood, and the
monuments of his grace; for this he continually pleads and prevails, destroying
the works of the devil.