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Isaiah 53:5: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”Isaiah 53:5
Isaiah 53:5 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 5 different readings across the site, from shadows and types to who he is, and what he did. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53 · King James Version
The Scripture on both sides of it
The New Testament takes this up at:
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
1 Peter 2:24 · King James Version
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
Romans 4:25 · King James Version
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Shadows and types
- He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions
- The Suffering Servant and Jesus (Direct New Testament link)
- Wounded for Our Transgressions (Direct New Testament link)
Who He is, and what He did
Questions people ask
What does Isaiah 53:5 mean?
Isaiah 53:5 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Isaiah 53:5 in the Bible?
Isaiah 53:5 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Isaiah 53:5 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Isaiah 53:5 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.