Isa 53:8 "He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken." This part of Isaiah's prophecy foretells the resurrection of the Messiah. Prison is a metaphor for the grave -the place of punishment for our sins. The sentence of death was pronounced upon the Messiah as the substitute for His people. “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.”—1 Peter 3:18 Whatever should have been done to us (as a just recompense for our sins) has been done to Christ on our behalf. He has gone to prison for it - Christ came under the judgment of God for our sin. This is what is being referred to here when our text uses the terms “Prison" and "Judgment”. In doing so Our Substitute (The Lord Jesus Christ) fully satisfied the Laws demands on our behalf. Owen speaking on the term “Satisfaction” said, it is “A full, valuable compensation, made to the justice of God, for all the sins of all those for whom Christ made satisfaction, by undergoing the same punishment” By His Life and Death, Christ satisfied all of the Law’s Precepts and Penalties on behalf of His People. In His death, Christ fully compensated for our Crimes . But the text goes beyond the Death of Christ to the Resurrection of Christ. It is in that phrase “He was taken from prison and from judgement” where we see the Resurrection. “Taking from” has the force of “His Judgment was Lifted or Taken Away”. Rom. 4:25 tells us "(Christ) was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for (or on account of) our justification.”
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