Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Crucified an Innocent Man (TMF:510)

Friday, October 07, 2016
Peace to Live By: Isaiah 53- Jesus Was Crucified an Innocent Man (TMF:510) - Daniel Litton
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       But as Isaiah tells us, and as Matthew, Luke, and John confirm in their Gospels, the tomb in which Jesus’ body was laid was a ‘new’ tomb. But Isaiah tells us that apparently in the garden near the cross were buried other wicked men, and a rich man. The Gospels do not confirm this, but we know it’s true since God has said it in his Word. And again, the irony behind Jesus’ Roman execution was the fact that “he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth,” as Isaiah said. Jesus wasn’t guilty like Barabbas, the robber and murder that had led a rebellion in Israel sometime earlier (see Luke 23:18 & John 18:40). The Jews requested of Pilate that Barabbas be released instead of Jesus, and that Jesus be condemned to death. Mark, in his Gospel, blamed the release on Pilate, for really too it was Pilate’s decision (see Mark 15:15). He didn’t have to release Barabbas. Again, this just another reason why the condemnation of this generation of time will be greater than those in other times, like during the time Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God. So God crushed Jesus in the execution, putting him through grief.