ATTENTION: Please note that this lesson, Healed by His Bruises on Isaiah 53:4-6, 10-12 is for the 1-30-11 ISSL. You will find the 1-23-11 lesson, The Servant’s Mission in the World, directly beneath this message and on the right side.
Jed
Healed by His Bruises
Isaiah 53:4-6, 10-12
International Sunday School Lesson
1-30-11
Commentary
By
Jed Greenough
Isaiah 53:4-6, 10-12
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sometimes there are times when I do not feel worthy to teach on certain passages of scripture—this is one of those times.
When I read today’s scripture, my mind cannot stay on these verses alone but rather it is flooded with too many thoughts, too many tie-ins with other prophecies, other scriptures, and my mind is overwhelmed.
Many hours have been spent on this lesson trying to find something coherent in this sea of thoughts that will benefit you the reader.
I know that these verses mean just as much to you, that you have read these many times. You probably have wondered how anyone could not read these prophecies and read their fulfillment in Christ and not come to faith.
As for the Jews we know that our Christian faith began with Jews but as a whole the majority of them rejected Him.
Paul in Romans 10 and 11 quotes Isaiah, Moses, and David showing that God would call those to Him who were not His and did not seek Him. That God gave Israel a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear. A hardening that would last until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
The fullness of the Gentiles or the nations, this is where we Christians come in. Christ said in Matthew 24:14 in speaking of the End of the Age, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
In my other blog I recently wrote about Paul reminding the Corinthians (in 1 Corinthians 15) about the gospel. Reminding them because they seemed to have forgotten it, that the work of the gospel was what they were to be about. And not just some of them and not just a little but rather they were to give themselves fully.
I think, though I cannot prove it obviously, that this is what Christ was referring to in Revelation 2 when He said, “You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.”
Jesus, as we read today, was pierced for our transgressions and by His wounds we are healed. Just as Paul reminded the Corinthians, all the scriptures including today’s remind us that by this we are saved and by which we should take our stand!
Below I hope you will find what I have done helpful in your appreciation of today’s scripture. I have listed each of today’s verses in order and after each one listed at least one other verse from elsewhere in the Bible that I feel fits nicely.
Today’s verse 4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
Matthew 8:16-17
16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“He took up our infirmities
and carried our diseases.”
and carried our diseases.”
1 Peter 2:24
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
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Today’s verse 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.
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Romans 4:25
25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
1 Corinthians 15:3
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
1 Peter 2:24
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
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Today’s verse 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.
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Romans 3:9-10
9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10 As it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not even one;
1 Peter 2:25
25 For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Today’s verse 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.
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.
Hebrews 5:8-9
8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him
Isaiah 66:22
22 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the LORD, “so will your name and descendants endure.
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Today’s verse 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.
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.
Romans 5:18-19
18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
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Today’s verse 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.
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.
Hebrews 9:28
28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Luke 22:37
37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”
For Discussion:
- Read all 4 Servant Songs in Isaiah. 42:1-4; 49:1-6; 50:4-9; 52:13-53:12
- Read Luke 24:13-35. Christ used these very scriptures to explain that He was the Messiah.
- Read verse 4 and Zechariah 12:10
- Read Romans 9-11
- “Repent and do the things you did at first.” “Give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord.”
(Join me next week for the International Sunday School Lesson for February 6, 2011, Jesus Is the Messiah, on Mark 8:27-9:1)
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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