§1505Moved by so much suffering Christ not only allows himself to be touched by the sick, but he makes their miseries his own: "He took our infirmities and bore our diseases."111 But he did not heal all the sick. His healings were signs of the coming of the Kingdom of God. They announced a more radical healing: the victory over sin and death through his Passover. On the cross Christ…

For Christ is of those who are humble-minded, and not of those who exalt themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp of pride or arrogance, although He might have done so, but in a lowly condition, as the Holy Spirit had declared regarding Him. For He says, "Lord, who hath believed our report, and to whom is the …

For to this end the Lord endured to deliver up His flesh to corruption, that we might be sanctified through the remission of sins, which is effected by His blood of sprinkling. For it is written concerning Him, partly with reference to Israel, and partly to us: "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities."

Who hath believed our report? He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. This chapter is the summit of Old Testament prophecy concerning the suffering Messiah. Calvin shows that every detail — the vicarious bearing of our griefs, the chastisement of our peace, the stripes by which we are healed, the silence before his shearers, the death amo…

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. This is the chief doctrine of Christianity. Christ took upon Himself all our sins and bore them on the tree of the cross. He was made a curse for us. By this wonderful exchange, Christ takes our sin and gives us His righteousness. Our sins…

'Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.' See Gal. iii. 13 and Deut. xxi. 23. Here Paul speaks of the great exchange: Christ took upon Himself the curse that was ours, and gave us the blessing that was His. This is the doctrine of the atonement. He who knew no sin was made sin f…

Should the Son of God have assumed in human nature defects of body? Did he assume the obligation of being subject to these defects? Did He contract these defects? Did he assume all these defects? Article 1. Whether the Son of God in human nature ought to have assumed defects of body? Objection 1. It would seem that the Son of God ought not to have assumed human nature with defe…

Q. How do you come to know this? A. The holy gospel tells me. God himself began to reveal this gospel already in Paradise; later, he proclaimed it by the holy patriarchs and prophets, and portrayed it by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law; finally, he fulfilled it through his own dear Son.

Q. Why did he suffer under Pontius Pilate as judge? A. So that he, though innocent, might be condemned by a civil judge, and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on us.

Q. Why does the creed add: He descended to hell? A. To assure me in times of personal crisis and temptation that Christ my Lord, by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and terror of soul, especially on the cross but also earlier, has delivered me from the anguish and torment of hell.

Since, however, we ourselves cannot give this satisfaction or deliver ourselves from God's wrath, God in his boundless mercy has given us as a guarantee his only begotten Son, who was made to be sin and a curse for us, in our place, on the cross, in order that he might give satisfaction for us.

We believe that Jesus Christ is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek—made such by an oath—and that he presented himself in our name before his Father, to appease his Father's wrath with full satisfaction by offering himself on the tree of the cross and pouring out his precious blood for the cleansing of our sins, as the prophets had predicted. For it is w…

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.

Rashi identifies the Suffering Servant not as an individual messianic figure but as the nation of Israel, despised and rejected by the nations. The Gentile kings will confess in the future that Israel's suffering was vicarious — Israel bore the sorrows that rightfully belonged to the nations. "He was wounded for our transgressions" means Israel suffered because of the sins of t…

'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' See Ps. xxii. 1 and Matt. xxvii. 46 and Mark xv. 34. These are the words of Christ upon the Cross. The Psalm is spoken in the person of Christ crucified. Not that God the Father forsook the Son; but the human nature, which He took upon Himself, cried out in its weakness. For He truly suffered, and His suffering was real, not feigned.…