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John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 53:10
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, &c.] The sufferings of Christ are signified by his being “bruised”; (see Gill on “<235305>Isaiah 53:5”), and as it was foretold he should have his heel bruised by the serpent, (<010315>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 bruised and broken in spirit, when the sins of his people were laid on him, and the wrath of God came upon him for them: the Lord had a hand in his sufferings; he not only permitted them, but they were according to the counsel of his will; they were predetermined by him, (<440223>Acts 2:23 4:27,28), yea, they were pleasing to him, he took a kind of delight and pleasure in them; not in them simply considered as sufferings, but as they were an accomplishment of his purposes, a fulfilment of his covenant and promises, and of the prophecies in his word; and, particularly, as hereby the salvation of his people was brought about; (see <431017>John 10:17): he hath put [him] to grief; when he awoke the sword of justice against him; when he spared him not, but delivered him up into the hands of wicked men, and unto death: he was put to grief in the garden, when his soul was exceeding sorrowful; and on the cross, when he was nailed to it, had the weight of his people’s sins, and his Father’s wrath, on him; and when he hid his face from him, which made him cry out, “my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” or, “hath put [him] to pain”: suffered him to be put to pain, both in body and mind: when thou shall make his soul an offering for sin: not his soul only, but his body also, even his whole human nature, as in union with his divine Person; for it was he himself that was offered up in the room and stead of his people, to make atonement and satisfaction for their sins, (<580914>Hebrews 9:14,26 10:10), or, “when thou shalt make his soul sin”f1066; so Christ was made by imputation, (<470521>2 Corinthians 5:21), and when he was so made, or had the sins of his people imputed to him, then was he bruised, and put to pain and grief, in order to finish them, and make an end of them, and make reconciliation for them: or, “when his soul shall make an offering”f1067 “for sin”, or “sin” itself; make itself an offering; for Christ offered up himself freely and voluntarily; he gave himself an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweetsmelling savour, (<490502>Ephesians 5:2), he was altar, sacrifice, and priest. He shall see his seed; or, “a seed”; a spiritual seed and offspring; a large number of souls, that shall be born again, of incorruptible seed, as the fruit of his sufferings and death; (see <431224>John 12:24), this he presently began to see after his resurrection from the dead, and ascension to heaven; when great numbers were converted among the Jews, and after that multitudes in the Gentile world, and more or less in all ages; ever since has he had a seed to serve him; and so he will in the latter day, and to the end of time: he shall prolong his days: live long, throughout all ages, to all eternity; though he was dead, he is alive, and lives for evermore; lives to see all the children that the Father gave him, and he has gathered together by his death, when scattered abroad, and see them all born again, and brought to glory. Some connect this with the preceding clause, “he shall see a seed that shall prolong its days”f1068; for Christ will never want issue, his church will never fail, his s…
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