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Verse 10

10. Transition from His humiliation to His exaltation.

pleased the Lord—the secret of His sufferings. They were voluntarily borne by Messiah, in order that thereby He might "do Jehovah's will" (John 6:38; Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 10:9), as to man's redemption; so at the end of the verse, "the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand."

bruise—(see Hebrews 10:9- :); Genesis 3:15, was hereby fulfilled, though the Hebrew word for "bruise," there, is not the one used here. The word "Himself," in Matthew, implies a personal bearing on Himself of our maladies, spiritual and physical, which included as a consequence His ministration to our bodily ailments: these latter are the reverse side of sin; His bearing on Him our spiritual malady involved with it His bearing sympathetically, and healing, the outward: which is its fruits and its type. HENGSTENBERG rightly objects to MAGEE'S translation, "taken away," instead of "borne," that the parallelism to "carried" would be destroyed. Besides, the Hebrew word elsewhere, when connected with sin, means to bear it and its punishment (Genesis 3:15- :). Matthew, elsewhere, also sets forth His vicarious atonement (Matthew 20:28).

when thou, c.—rather, as Margin, "when His soul (that is, He) shall have made an offering," &c. In the English Version the change of person is harsh: from Jehovah, addressed in the second person (Matthew 20:28- :), to Jehovah speaking in the first person in Matthew 20:28- :. The Margin rightly makes the prophet in the name of Jehovah Himself to speak in this verse.

offering for sin— (Romans 3:25 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10).

his seed—His spiritual posterity shall be numerous (1 John 4:10- :); nay, more, though He must die, He shall see them. A numerous posterity was accounted a high blessing among the Hebrews; still more so, for one to live to see them (Genesis 48:11; Psalms 128:6).

prolong . . . days—also esteemed a special blessing among the Jews (Psalms 128:6- :). Messiah shall, after death, rise again to an endless life (Hosea 6:2; Romans 6:9).

prosper— (Romans 6:9- :, Margin).

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