But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.
But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
Isaiah 53: 8b-10 NLT
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If there had been no sinners, there could not have been a Saviour.
If no sin, no pouring out of the soul unto death;
and if no pouring out of the soul unto death,
no dividing a portion with the great.
If there had been no guilt, there had been no act of expiation.
In the wondrous act of expiation by our great Substitute,
the Godhead is more gloriously revealed
than in all the creations and providences of the divine power and wisdom.”
C. H. Spurgeon