Isaiah 53:8-9 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… I. THE SCANDAL ITSELF, laid down in the most aggravating terms — "prison," "judgment," "cutting off from the land of the living," and a "stroke upon Him for transgression" as if the prophet had said, Grant all that you will charge upon Him, prison, judgment, strokes, cutting off — express it the worst way you can, all this will not impeach the glory of His excellency. II. THE DEFENCE in other terms. "He was taken" from those things, and "who shall declare His generation?" If you think it is not enough to say that He died for others, and that He was stricken for the transgression of My people, yet He did not as every man that dieth for others; He perished not in this expression of His love, as others do: He was taken from prison, and from judgment, and now liveth gloriously. There are two things in the defence — 1. His resurrection. "He was taken from prison and from judgment;" He got out from under it. 2. His life and duration in that state. "Who shall declare His generation?" The sense is, who shall declare His age or duration? who can tell those endless ages that Christ shall live? ( T. Manton, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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