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NASB | Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed. |
Bible Question:
Whilst looking at Scripture concerning "healing" I came to this verse, when read in context it would seem to refer to the "healing" of the separation between man and God. Yet I have heard that same portion of scripture used to support teaching regarding the healing of the human body. Is my reading of this scripture correct or incorrect, please support your answer. RJJ |
Bible Answer: RJJ: Though Isaiah 53:5 has been interpreted to mean physical, bodily healing, I believe yours is the proper exegesis. Contextually, the passage points strongly to spiritual healing. Even within the verse itself immediately preceding the "stripes we are healed" clause, Isaiah speaks of the suffering servant as being "wounded for our transgressions" and "bruised for our iniquities." Obviously transgressions and iniquities are in reference to something other than physical bodies. Then in the wake of the "stripes we are healed" clause comes (v.6) further reference to iniquity, the "iniquity of us all" that the Lord laid on Him. .... Moreover, Peter, picks up the "stripes we are healed" theme, quoting the very words of Isaiah, ascribing to them an incontrovertibly spiritual meaning: "(Christ) Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness -- by whose stripes you were healed. When one juxtaposes the "stripes you are healed" passage of Isaiah with Peter's treatment of it in his epistle, and views them both in context, one is hard pressed to exegete anything other than that spiritual healing is what both writers have in mind ..... Personal Note: Whilst? Am I even remotely justified in my hunch that you are possibly a British sibling in Christ, or perhaps Australian? --Hank |