Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
1 Peter 2:24 who 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.
It was the Roman custom to scourge a person before actually placing them on a cross. This was part of the Roman method of punishment and execution. Jesus was scourged with a whip that had hooks which tore the skin into open wounds. He received thirty-nine stripes, or open wounds, on His back. Every known disease today can be traced to thirty-nine basic categories of disease. Each stripe, each open, bleeding wound on His back set mankind free from every known disease.
However, it should be understood that everything the Lord endured from being spat upon, to carrying the cross, to the crown of thorns, to the scourging on His back, to the nails in His wrists and feet, to the spear in His side, and even the place where He died provided total redemption for mankind. Our Lord received it all in our place. He took what we, mankind, should have received. God met every need man could possibly have through the Lord Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
Through revelation knowledge, we receive what the Father through His grace has provided for us. Certainly, we have done nothing to earn this wonderful gift that the Father has freely given to us all.
Brother John
