who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds. For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect: not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God. For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds. For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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which dyd no sinne nether was ther gyle founde in his mouth:
which when he was reviled reviled not agayne: when he suffered he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously
which his awne silfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shuld be delyvered from synne and shuld lyve in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye were healed.
For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto the shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules.
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Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth.
Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.
Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.
For ye were as sheepe going astray: but are nowe returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.
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- Matthew 8:17 (v24) that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
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- Romans 6:7 (v24) For he who has died has been freed from sin.
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- Acts 10:35 (v24) but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
- Acts 13:29 (v24) When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
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- Hebrews 12:13 (v24) and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
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- Numbers 18:22 (v24) Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
- Psalms 31:5 (v23) Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
- Matthew 27:26 (v24) Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
- Luke 23:41 (v22) And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
- Acts 10:39 (v24) We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Colossians 2:20 (v24) If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
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- Hebrews 7:26 (v24) For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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- Psalms 10:14 (v23) But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
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- Luke 23:46 (v23) Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
- John 19:1 (v24) So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- Romans 6:22 (v24) But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.
- Ephesians 5:9 (v24) for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
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- Psalms 96:13 (v23) before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
- Matthew 27:4 (v22) saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
- Matthew 27:19 (v22) While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered…
- Matthew 27:23-24 (v22) But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!” So when Pilate saw…
- Matthew 27:39-44 (v23) Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save…
- Mark 14:60-61 (v23) The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?” But he stayed…
- Mark 15:29-32 (v23) Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save…
- Luke 22:64-65 (v23) Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?” They spoke many other things…
- Luke 23:9 (v23) He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
- Luke 23:34-39 (v23) Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. The people…
- Luke 23:47 (v22) When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
- John 1:47 (v22) Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
- John 8:46 (v22) Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
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- Acts 9:1 (v23) But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv22–25 22 Who did no sin This belongs to the…
22 Who did no sin This belongs to the present subject; for, if any one boasts of his own innocence, he must know that Christ did not suffer as a malefactor. He, at the same time, shews how far we come short of what Christ was, when he says, that there was no guile found in his mouth; for he who offends not by his tongue, says James, is a perfect man. (James 3:2.) He then declares that there was in Christ the highest perfection of innocency, such as no one of us can dare claim for himself. It hence appears more fully how unjustly he suffered beyond all others. There is, therefore, no reason why any one of us should refuse to suffer after his example, since no one is so conscious of having acted rightly, as not to know that he is imperfect.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv23–24 He showeth them a remedy against injuries, to wit,…
He showeth them a remedy against injuries, to wit, that they commend their cause to God, by the ensample of Christ.
He seemeth now to turn his speech to masters, which have also themselves a master and judge in heaven: who will justly revenge the injuries that are done to servants without any respect of persons.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv22–25 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found…
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Ver. 22. Who did no sin] St Paul saith, "He knew no sin," 2Co 5:21, to wit, with a practical knowledge (we know no more than we practise); with an intellectual he did, for else he could not have reproved it.
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Neither was guile found in his mouth] Which imports that they sought it. The wicked seek occasion against the godly.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv22–25 i.e. There was no guile in his mouth; it…
i.e. There was no guile in his mouth; it is a Hebraism; to be found is the same as to be, and not to be found the same as not to be, Gen 2:20; Isa 39:2; see Rom 7:10. This signifies Christ’s absolute perfection, in that he did not offend so much as with his mouth, Jam 3:2. The sense is, Christ was free from all manner of sin, and yet he suffered patiently; and therefore well may ye be content to suffer too, though wrongfully; seeing, though ye may be innocent in your sufferings, yet you come so far short of Christ’s perfection.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On vv22, 25 Our apostle proceeds to represent and recommend our Lord…
Our apostle proceeds to represent and recommend our Lord Jesus Christ as the mirror and perfect pattern of patience under the sharpest sufferings; he acquaints us,
1. With his pure and spotless innocency; he did no sin, therefore could not suffer for doing evil; no guile was found in his mouth neither in his expressions, nor in his actions; he never did ill either in word or deed, but was a perfect pattern of unblamable holiness.
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Next, our apostle recommends to us his invincible patience under all his sufferings, telling us, that although Christ was most shamefully reviled, having the dirt of a thousand scandals, slanders, reproaches, and blasphemies, cast upon him, yet he reviled not again not giving them one ill word for all.
And when he suffered all manner of injuries and indignities at once, being buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, and crucified, though he had power sufficient to look them into nothing, to frown them into hell, yet he threatened them not with the least revenge, but prayed for his murderers, and committed his cause to a just and righteous God: He threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Blessed Jesus! help us to imitate thy patience under sufferings, and reproaches, and never let us be found rendering to any, evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing for cursing, courtesies for injuries, affability for affronts; let us at no time be overcome of evil, but labour at all times to overcome evil with good.
Note, lastly, How our apostle takes notice, that the sufferings of Christ were not only exemplary, but satisfactory; he did not only suffer patiently, but meritoriously; He his own self bare our sins in his own body upon the tree.
Note here, 1. What was borne, our sin, that is, the guilt and punishment of our sin.
2. Who bare it, Christ his own self.
This imports, 1. The singularity of his sufferings, he had no partner or sharer with him in what he bare, he trod the wine-press alone.
2. The sufficiency of his sufferings, he himself bare our sins; he who was God-man, the Lamb of God, and as such took away the sin of the world.
3. How he bare it, in his own body upon the tree; that is, in his human nature upon the cross. Christ suffered in his soul as well as in his body, and both were satisfactory to divine justice, but his bodily sufferings are only mentioned, because these were most visible.
4. The great ends of his sufferings, namely, expiation of sin, and mortification of sin; our sins were expiated on the tree by Christ’s suffering for us in his own body; and by his death he also purchased virtue for mortifying sin in us, and for quickening us unto holiness of life, that, as he died for sin, we should die unto sin; and as he rose again and revived, never to die more, so should we, being dead unto sin, live no longer therein: He himself bare our sins in his own body upon the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes, that is, by whose expiatory sufferings, we are healed; the wounds made in our souls by the guilt and power of sin, are mercifully and meritoriously healed; the guilt of sin is pardoned, the power of sin subdued, and all the invaluable fruits and benefits of the Redeemer’s death obtained. Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv22–24 Who when he was reviled, reviled not again,.... When…
Who when he was reviled, reviled not again,.... When he was reproached as a glutton, a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners, all the reply he made was, that Wisdom is justified of her children; and when he was charged with casting out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils, he defended himself, not with bad language, but with strong reasonings; and when he was said to be a Samaritan, and had a devil, his only answer was, that he had not, that he honoured his Father, and they dishonoured him; and when he was reviled on the cross, by those that passed by, by the chief priests, and Scribes, and the thieves that were crucified with him, he made no return, he opened not his mouth, and much less in a recriminating way,
When he suffered he threatened not; when he endured buffetings, and scourgings in his body, when the officers in the palace of the high priests spit in his face, buffeted him, and smote him with the palms of their hands, and bid him prophesy who smote him, all which were very provoking; yet he said not one word to them, much less threatened them with what he would do to them for such usage another day, when he would let them know, with vengeance, who it was that smote him; no, he took all patiently from them, and from Pilate, and the Roman soldiers, when scourged by them; he gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; and when he suffered crucifixion, and was put to such distressing pains and agonies, he did not threaten his crucifiers with a future judgment, when he would take vengeance, and execute his wrath upon them, but prays to his Father for the forgiveness of their sins: and, as it follows,
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but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously; he commended his Spirit, or soul, to God his Father, and committed his cause to him, to vindicate it in what way he should think fit, who he knew was the Judge of all the earth, that would do right; and so the Syriac version supplies it with "his judgment": which he left with God, the righteous Judge, to whom vengeance belongs; and which is an example, and an instruction to the saints to do so likewise; not to render railing for railing, or to seek revenge, but to leave their cause with their God, who will, in his own time, avenge the wrongs and injuries done them. The Vulgate Latin version reads, contrary to all the Greek copies, and other versions, "but delivered himself to him that judgeth unjustly"; the sense of which is, that Christ delivered himself into the hands of Pilate, who unjustly condemned him to death; but is neither the reading, nor sense of the text.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv22, 24, 25 In all these instances the example of Christ is…
In all these instances the example of Christ is peculiarly adapted to the state of servants, who easily slide either into sin or guile, reviling their fellowservants, or threatening them, the natural result of anger without power. He committed himself to him that judgeth righteously - The only solid ground of patience in affliction. Isaiah liii, 4, 6, 7, 9.
22, 23. In all these instances the example of Christ is peculiarly adapted to the state of servants, who easily slide either into sin or guile, reviling their fellowservants, or threatening them, the natural result of anger without power. He committed himself to him that judgeth righteously - The only solid ground of patience in affliction.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv22–25 Verse 22. Who did no sin] He suffered, but…
Verse 22. Who did no sin] He suffered, but not on account of any evil he had either done or said. In deed and word he was immaculate, and yet he was exposed to suffering; expect the same, and when it comes bear it in the same spirit. It is very likely that the apostle mentions guile, because those who do wrong generally strive to screen themselves by prevarication and lies. These words appear to be a quotation from Isa 53:9.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v24 1Pe 2:24-25. Who his own self — In his…
1Pe 2:24-25. Who his own self — In his own person, and by the sacrifice of himself, and not of another, (Heb 9:28,) bare our sins — That is, the punishment due to them; in his afflicted, torn, dying body on the tree — The cross, whereon chiefly slaves or servants were wont to suffer. The apostle alludes to Isa 53:12; He bare the sins of many. “The phrase, bearing sin, is often used in the Old Testament. It signifies sometimes the making atonement for sin, Lev 10:17; sometimes the suffering punishment for sin, Lev 22:9; Eze 18:20; and sometimes the carrying away sin from the sight of God; as the scape-goat is said to do, Lev 16:22. The apostle uses here the first person, our sins, to show that Christ bare the sins of believers, in every age and country; and to make us sensible how extensive the operation of his death is in procuring pardon for sinners.” That we, being dead to sins — Or, as ταις αμαρτιαις απογενομενοι is more literally rendered, freed from sins —
That is, from the guilt and power; from which, without an atonement, it was impossible we should be delivered. By whose stripes ye were healed — Of your spiritual disorders: evils infinitely greater than any which the cruelty of the severest masters can bring upon you. See on Isa 53:5. “By changing his discourse from the first to the second person, the apostle addressed those slaves who might be beaten unmercifully by cruel masters; because, of all the considerations by which they could be animated to patience, the most powerful was, to put them in mind of the painful stripes with which Christ was beaten, when he was scourged by Pilate’s order, (Mat 27:26,) and to tell them, that with these stripes the wounds in their souls, occasioned by sin, were healed; wounds far more painful and deadly than those inflicted on them by their froward masters.” For ye were as sheep going astray — From their pastures, their shepherd, and his flock, and exposed to want and the danger of being lost in the wilderness, or destroyed by wild beasts; ye were wandering out of the way of truth and duty, of safety, holiness, and happiness, into the by-paths of error and sin, of guilt and misery — paths leading to certain destruction. But are now returned — Through the influence of divine grace; unto the Shepherd — The great Shepherd of the sheep, brought again from the dead, through the blood of the everlasting covenant; and Bishop — the kind Observer, Inspector, and Overseer; of your souls — Who has graciously received you under his pastoral care, and will maintain that inspection over you which shall be your best security against returning to those fatal wanderings. “Though in this passage the apostle addressed his discourse immediately to servants or slaves, yet, by giving titles to Christ which marked his relation to men of all ranks and conditions, he hath intimated that his exhortation to suffer unmerited evils patiently, is intended for all who profess the gospel.”
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv22–25 Who did no sin - Who was in all…
Who did no sin - Who was in all respects perfectly holy. There is an allusion here to Isa 53:9; and the sense is, that he was entirely innocent, and that he suffered without having committed any crime. In this connection the meaning is, that we are to be careful that, if we suffer, it should be without committing any crime. We should so live, as the Saviour did, as not to deserve to be punished, and thus only shall we entirely follow his example. It is as much our duty to live so as not to deserve the reproaches of others, as it is to bear them with patience when we are called to suffer them. The first thing in regard to hard treatment from others, is so to live that there shall be no just occasion for it; the next is, if reproaches come upon us when we have not deserved them, to bear them as the Saviour did. If he suffered unjustly, we should esteem it to be no strange thing that we should; if he bore the injuries done him with meekness, we should learn that it is possible for us to do it also; and should learn also that we have not the spirit of his religion unless we actually do it. On the expression used here, compare the Isa 53:9 note; Heb 7:26 note.
Neither was guile found in his mouth - There was no deceit, hypocrisy, or insincerity. He was in all respects what he professed to be, and he imposed on no one by any false and unfounded claim. All this has reference to the time when the Saviour was put to death; and the sense is, that though he was condemned as an impostor, yet that the charge was wholly unfounded. As in his whole life before he was perfectly sincere, so he was eminently on that solemn occasion.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v23 Christ, who was incapable of sinning, did not revile…
Christ, who was incapable of sinning, did not revile [7] them that reviled him; he suffered all with patience; he willingly gave himself up to Pontius Pilate, that judged him, and condemned him unjustly [8] to the death of the cross: and remember that all he suffered was to satisfy for your sins, that he bore our sins in his own body on the tree of the cross. Remember always this great benefit of your redemption, and of your being called to believe in him, and to be eternally happy by following his doctrine; that all of you were as sheep going astray, lost in your ignorance and in your sins, but that by his grace and by his merits you are now called and converted to Jesus Christ, the great pastor and bishop of your souls. You are happy if you live under his care, inspection, and protection. (Witham)
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Cum malediceretur, non maledicebat, Greek: loidoroumenos, convitiis appetitus; improperly translated, cursed, by Mr. N.
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Judicanti se injuste. In the present Greek we read Greek: dikaios, juste, as also some Latin Fathers read. St. Augustine, (tract. 21. in Joan.) Commendabat autem judicanti juste; and so the sense is, that he commanded and committed his cause to God, the just judge of all.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv22–25 Illustrating Christ's well-doing (Pe1 2:20) though suffering.
Illustrating Christ's well-doing (Pe1 2:20) though suffering.
did--Greek aorist. "Never in a single instance did" [ALFORD]. Quoted from Isa 53:9, end, Septuagint.
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neither--nor yet: not even [ALFORD]. Sinlessness as to the mouth is a mark of perfection. Guile is a common fault of servants. "If any boast of his innocency, Christ surely did not suffer as an evildoer" [CALVIN], yet He took it patiently (Pe1 2:20). On Christ's sinlessness, compare Co2 5:21; Heb 7:26.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv22–25 22. The constant, unvarying innocency of Christ, in both…
22. The constant, unvarying innocency of Christ, in both act and word, predicted in Isa_53:9, is testified to by his chosen apostle, who speaks of his own knowledge in almost the exact words of the prophet.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv22–25 22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found…
22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth] It is suggestive as indicating the line of prophetic interpretation in which the Apostle had been led on, that as soon as he begins to speak of the sufferings of Christ, he falls, as it were, naturally into the language of Isa_53:9, as he found it (with the one exception that he gives “sin” for “iniquity”) in the LXX. version. The two clauses assert for the righteous sufferer a perfect sinlessness both in act and word.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv22–25 (22) Who did no sin.—This verse is not to…
(22) Who did no sin.—This verse is not to be taken by itself, but in the closest conjunction with the following. It is not the sinlessness of Christ by itself that is here set as an example before the servants, but His sinlessness in combination with His ill-treatment, or rather, His meekness under the combination. St. Peter again adapts the words of Isaiah (Isa_53:9) to his purpose. The word there was one of violent transgression; St. Peter substitutes the simple word which he had used in 1Pe_2:20, “fault”—“who never made a fault”—such as household servants were often committing—“neither was guile found in His mouth”—again referring to what was common with servants—petty acts of dishonesty, and petty deceits to screen themselves from punishment. One thing which lends special point to the allusion to Isaiah’s prophecy is that Israel is in that passage spoken of under the title of God’s “servant,” a thought familiar to St. Peter long ago in connection with Christ. (See Note on Act_3:13.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv22–25 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in…
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. St. Peter is quoting the Septuagint Version ofan, Isa_53:9, almost exactly, the word aJmarti sin, being substituted for ajnomian, lawlessness ("violence" in our version). We should notice that the Messiah, whose example is here set before Christian slaves, is called by the prophet "the Servant of Jehovah" (Isaiah lit. 13). Slaves were often tempted to deceit and guile; they must look to the Lord Jesus, and strive to copy his innocence and his truth. The verb euJriskesqai, to be found, is sometimes said to be used, by a Hebraism, for the simple verb "to be." Winer says, "Between these two verbs, however, there is always this distinction, that, whilst ei+nai, indicates the quality of a thing in itself, euJriskesqai indicates the quality in so far as it is discovered, detected, recognized, in the subject" ("Greek Grammar," 65:8).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv22–25 22. Who did no sin. He had no fault.
22. Who did no sin. He had no fault.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain On v24 24. “Who Himself bore our sins in His own…
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LIFE AND HEALTH IN THE ATONEMENT
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24. “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree in order that we being dead to sins may live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed.” This verse, in beautiful, lucid and cogent simplicity sets forth the vicarious atonement, in which the Son of God actually redeemed the whole world when He died on the cross, sweeping from the field very conceivable defalcation as to the gracious possibility of universal salvation, hence the vile sinner need only, in the utter and eternal abnegation and abandonment of all his sins, in the profound contrition of a broken heart, look to Calvary and by simple faith in the Word of God, receive and appropriate the full and free pardon of all his transgressions, rising with the shout of victory over sin, Satan and hell. Not only is life from the dead for every lost soul purchased by the vicarious atonement of Christ on the cross, but perfect soul health gloriously delivered from the remotest lingering contamination of the diabolical virus engendered by the fall, is abundantly provided for in this triumphant expiation of the human malady, unfurling the banner of entire sanctification to wave triumphantly over the blackest hell-dens of slumdom.
25. The omnipotent, crucified, risen and triumphant Christ is the tenderhearted, loving Shepherd, now calling every human soul this side the infernal portal to come unto Him. Meanwhile to all the spiritually dead He offers life and to all the sick perfect health.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv22, 24 Sin. (See Scofield "Rom 3:23").
sin
Sin. (See Scofield "Rom 3:23").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v24 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Peter continues talking about Jesus Christ. He is still speaking to people who are servants.
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He himself
This refers to Jesus, with emphasis. (See: Reflexive Pronouns)
carried our sins in his body to the tree
Here "carried our sins" means he suffered the punishment for our sins. AT: "suffered the punishment for our sins in his body on the tree" (See: Metonymy)
the tree
This is a reference to the cross on which Jesus died, which was made of wood. (See: Metonymy)
By his bruises you have been healed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "God has healed you because people bruised him" (See: Active or Passive)
you had been wandering away like lost sheep
Peter speaks about his readers before they believed in Christ as if they had been similar to lost sheep wandering around aimlessly. (See: Simile)
the shepherd and guardian of your souls
Peter speaks of Jesus as if he were a shepherd. Just as a shepherd protects his sheep, Jesus protects those who trust in him. (See: Metaphor)
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sin
body
life
righteous
cure
ewe
shepherd
soul
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v24 2:24 He personally carried our sins: This phrase alludes…
2:24 He personally carried our sins: This phrase alludes to Isa 53:4, 11-12. • By his wounds you are healed: The physical suffering of Christ has freed us from slavery to sin (cp. Isa 53:5). Matthew applies similar language from Isa 53:4 to the physical healings performed by Jesus (Matt 8:17).
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