“On the other side of the Cross is Heaven.” A painful spinal ailment forced Lewis to retire from his job as a religion and ethics reporter at the National Post. Since 2017, the 74-year-old has endured ...

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.

The servant who did not forgive was tortured. Perhaps Jesus is referring to the way a person feels when they cannot forgive. They remain bitter and resentful and end up suffering the most.

My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence ... The forgiveness of our sins was accomplished by the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Because of Jesus, there would be no more ...

So the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 becomes the suffering Jesus of the gospels. And Luke's quotation from Isaiah 61 becomes a reference to Jesus's ministry of healing and reconciliation.

Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Key fact Jesus was showing the people of Jerusalem that he was a humble, suffering servant by choosing to ride on a donkey not on horseback. We see Jesus as a ...