It can only be true that the word used in Isaiah 53:4-5 is (A) and not (B).
Because if Jesus took our chastening upon Himself rather than our punishment, we would not be the objects of the Lord's chastening.
Yet Hebrews 12:5-11 is clear that He does indeed chasten His children.
Therefore, I say to you truly, that Isaiah 53:4-5 declares that Jesus took upon Himself the punishment for our sins.
Thanks for bringing up that passage, btw. Because I was having trouble finding verses that did not have loopholes that you could get around if you thought about it hard enough.
Clearly, the passage in question proves PSA in my mind because scripture shows forth that the terminology is not what you thought it was.
Interesting, you blew right past the facts with the superiority of blind dogma! The fact is, "punishment" in Isaiah is a bad translation. All of a sudden, after 2000 years, a "translation" appears to use the word "punishment." A sensible exegete of the Word would ask "why"/ And then they would ask, "Why is it all alone and no other passage in all of Scripture agrees with that?"
I knew that you couldn't find any passages that said that Jesus was punished as the passage I brought up does not say that. Your search is not over for the elusive "punishment."! The Scriptures never say that God punished Jesus on the Cross. That is a fact too. Isaiah does not say that either. The Inspired Word of God would have opted for word (A) if we were to understand punishment in the way of retributive justice. Technically, you cannot punish the innocent, for they are not guilty. An innocent man can be made to SUFFER the penalty due to the guilty, but they are not punished. Retribution would have missed the mark.
The Bible never states even
one time that God
punished Jesus on the cross! You will not find a single time in Scripture where any sacrifice offered to God was "punished." So we must ask, what did happen on the cross? The Bible unequivocally and without exception reveals that Jesus
suffered on the cross. Mark 8:31, The Son of man must
suffer. Luke 22:15; 24:46; 17:25, Before I
suffer. Acts 3:18; 26:23, That Christ should
suffer. Hebrews 13:12, his own blood,
suffered without the gate. 1 Peter 1:11; 2:21; 2:23; 3:18; 4:1; 5:1, because Jesus also
suffered for us....
suffered in the flesh. 2nd Corinthians 1:5, the
sufferings of Christ.
Look them up for yourself, then try and find a statement that God "punished" Jesus while He was on the Cross, "punishment" of Christ, that He was "punished" for our sins, or that the Son of man must be "punished." You will not find it because it is not true!
You can quibble about terminology, but the Scriptures evade punishment in reference to the death of Christ with consistency and passion! If you inflict a penalty on an innocent man, it is an injustice, and they are not punished; they only suffer.