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Isaiah 53:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. They ought to have been stricken; their transgressions deserved the heavy blows of the rod of God’s wrath; yet, “for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”

Isaiah 53:8-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 53:9

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,.... These words are generally supposed to refer to a fact that was afterwards done; that Christ, who died with wicked men, as if he himself had been one, was buried in a rich man's grave. Could the words admit of the following transposition, they would exactly agree with it,...

Isaiah 53:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. He died, and was buried, because he had done no violence. Most men who have perished by judicial sentence have had to die because they have done violence, and because deceit was in their mouth; but here is...

Isaiah 53:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And with the rich in his death; Lying in the new tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. Isa_53:9. Because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. If he had used either violence or deceit, he might have escaped; but because he was harmless and true, therefore must he die.

Isaiah 53:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he made his grave with the wicked, — He was crucified between two malefactors. Isa_53:9. And with the rich in his death; — He was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. Isa_53:9. Because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. For that very reason he was qualified to bear our sin; because he had no sin of his own,...

Isaiah 53:10

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him,.... The sufferings of Christ are signified by his being "bruised"; [See comments on Isaiah 53:5], and as it was foretold he should have his heel bruised by the serpent, Genesis 3:15, but here it is ascribed to the Lord: he was bruised in body, when buffeted and scourged, and nailed to the cross; and was...

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Wicked men slew our Lord, and their crime was the blackest in the world’s history; but, unconsciously, they were carrying out “...

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Death, in our Lord’s case, was the way to the extension of life. He dies that he may see his seed, as he himself said to his...

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: The Lord was at the back of it all. Not Pilate, nor Herod, nor Judas, nor Jew, nor Roman, but Jehovah bruised him. Isa_53:10. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand....

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, The grain of wheat, sown in the ground, abides not alone, but brings forth much fruit. Our blessed Saviour presented both soul and body as an offering for sin, but he knew what he was doing, for “he shall see...

Isaiah 53:10-11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And the pleasure of the LORD shall proper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: Christ did not die in vain. He will never miss the great object of his death, you may depend upon that. Those drops of blood are far too precious to fall in vain upon the earth.

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Do not be afraid, then, about the kingdom of Christ. Its interests are safe enough, for they are in his hands, and God has...

Isaiah 53:10-11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. What...

Isaiah 53:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him.” If ever there was a man whom God should have protected from every sorrow, and guarded...

Isaiah 53:10-12

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for...

Isaiah 53:11

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied,.... "The travail of his soul" is the toil and labour he endured, in working out the salvation of his people; his obedience and death, his sorrows and sufferings; particularly those birth throes of his soul, under a sense of divine wrath, for the allusion is to women in travail; and...

Isaiah 53:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: His death-pangs were birth-pangs: “the travail of his soul.” He sees the multitude that shall be born through his death, and he is content. Isa_53:11. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; Dear hearer, will he justify you? Do you know him? If you know him so as to...

Isaiah 53:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: This is a clear proof that he shall live, and he shall triumph. All his griefs shall come to an end; and even the death-pangs of his soul shall be the travail by which multitudes shall be born unto him, so that his infinite heart shall be satisfied. Isa_53:11. By his knowledge shall...