“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.” — read online, free, in the King James Version.
Read in context: Isaiah chapter 53 (full chapter) · King James Version (public domain)
“By his stripes we are healed” — the heart of the suffering servant song, read by Christians as a prophecy of the crucifixion.
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Isaiah 53 describes a servant who suffers silently for the sins of others — “he was wounded for our transgressions”. Judaism has read it as Israel personified; Christianity reads it as a prophecy fulfilled in Jesus.
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