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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 53:5 - 53:5
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wounded - a bodily wound; not mere mental sorrow; literally, “pierced”; minutely appropriate to Messiah, whose hands, feet, and side were pierced (Psa 22:16). The Margin, wrongly, from a Hebrew root, translates, “tormented.”
for ... for - (Rom 4:25; 2Co 5:21; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 2:24; 1Pe 3:18) - the cause for which He suffered not His own, but our sins.
bruised - crushing inward and outward suffering (see on Isa 53:10).
chastisement - literally, the correction inflicted by a parent on children for their good (Heb 12:5-8, Heb 12:10, Heb 12:11). Not punishment strictly; for this can have place only where there is guilt, which He had not; but He took on Himself the chastisement whereby the peace (reconciliation with our Father; Rom 5:1; Eph 2:14, Eph 2:15, Eph 2:17) of the children of God was to be effected (Heb 2:14).
upon him - as a burden; parallel to “hath borne” and “carried.”
stripes - minutely prophetical of His being scourged (Mat 27:26; 1Pe 2:24).
healed - spiritually (Psa 41:4; Jer 8:22).