According to Matthew 8:1-17, Isaiah 53:4 refers to Jesus’s miracle healings of illness and injury. He took these infirmities away from the people and carried them himself. Just as he took away physical pain and suffering from people, he also eternally took upon himself the spiritual pain and suffering that sin causes when he died on the cross.
In light of that, instead of rejecting, despising, and mocking Jesus as he suffered and died on the cross, they should have felt immense gratitude. He took the pain and suffering of sin that WE should have experienced and carried it onto the cross with him, bringing us back into God’s presence and communion that our sinful selves could never have experienced.
In light of that, instead of rejecting, despising, and mocking Jesus as he suffered and died on the cross, they should have felt immense gratitude. He took the pain and suffering of sin that WE should have experienced and carried it onto the cross with him, bringing us back into God’s presence and communion that our sinful selves could never have experienced.