Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

When Jesus was crucified and died, he paid the full penalty required by God for the sins of all humanity from eternity past to eternity future. His subsequent resurrection attested that that payment had been sufficient in God's eyes, so that anyone who placed their faith in Jesus' death and resurrection, rather than in their own imperfect righteousness, to make them acceptable to God could be forgiven of their sins and receive eternal life from God.

When Christians place their faith in Christ, they become "dead" to sin in the same way that Jesus did when he died physically. Sin no longer has power over them. The act of a new believer being baptized is symbolic of the manner in which the Christian's former sinful self dies and is buried with Christ, and then the Christian rises again (as Christ did) in a new state that God recognizes as holy and sinless for Christ's sake. God then gives Christians the Holy Spirit to dwell within them as a sign of that salvation, and to give them the power to perform good acts that are acceptable to God, and to tell others about the salvation that God makes possible in Christ, so that those others may also be saved.

As long as Christians are in this world, they will still struggle with their old fallen nature and commit sin, for which they should seek God's forgiveness in Christ. But that old nature no longer has the control over them that it did before their salvation by faith. They can then instead (as Peter said) live for righteousness through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, because Jesus bore the full penalty for their sins in His body on the cross. The "stripes" (flogging) and all the other punishment that Jesus endured do not wound or harm those who put their faith in Him, but instead heal them by making them acceptable to God by that faith, and giving them eternal life.

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Physical healing? No, but it is instead the spiritual healing of the soul (Ps. 103:3). One day, when we have glorified bodies, all sicknesses will be gone, but meanwhile, even some of God’s most select servants may have physical afflictions (see Phil. 2:25-30; 2 Cor. 12:1-10).

One day they led Him Up Calvary's mountain,
One day they nailed Him To die on the tree;
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected:
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He!

Chorus:
Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising He justified freely forever:
One day He's coming-- O glorious day! 

See the big picture:

Four Blessed Statements

Concerning Jesus

In His Nature—Sinless 1 Pet. 2:22

In His Life—Blameless 1 Pet. 2:23

In His Death—Vicarious 1 Pet. 2:24

In His Resurrection—Victorious 1 Pet. 2:25

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Jeffrey Johnson Supporter

What does 1 Peter 2:24 mean?

Who our sins himself bare up in his body unto the tree, In order that we, from our sins getting away In righteousness might live,—by whose stripes ye have been healed. --Rotherham Bible

To understand 1 Peter 2:24 entirely, it's essential to consider its surrounding verses. The larger passage (1 Peter 2:18-25) instructs believers on responding to unjust suffering, using Jesus as the ultimate example.

The apostle Paul explained that by Jesus' offering of his own perfect human life as a sacrifice for the sins of humanity, he accomplished far more than had been achieved by "the blood of bulls and of goats." (Heb 10:4, 11, 12) He thus served as "the scapegoat," being the 'carrier of our sicknesses,' the one "pierced for our transgression." (Isa 53:4, 5; Mt 8:17; 1Pe 2:24) He 'carried away' the sins of all who exercise faith in the value of his sacrifice. He demonstrated the provision of God to take sinfulness into complete oblivion. In these ways, the goat "for Azazel" pictures the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

While manifest in flesh, Jesus loyally unveiled the sacred secret of godly devotion. We read in 1 Peter 2:21-24: "Even Christ suffered for you, leaving you a model for you to follow his steps closely. He did not sin, nor was deception found in his mouth. When he was being reviled, he did not go reviling in return. When he was suffering, he did not go threatening, but kept on committing himself to the one who judges righteously. He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree [as the Rotherham puts it,] so that we might be done with sins and live to righteousness." As we meditate on Jesus' course, how it encourages us to pursue godly devotion, to keep integrity, and to live to righteousness as he did!

Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would bear the sicknesses and pains of those who would exercise faith in him. He said: "Because of his wounds there has been a healing for us." (Isa 53:3-5) Peter applies this prophecy to Jesus Christ, saying: Who our sins himself bare up in his body unto the tree, In order that we, from our sins getting away In righteousness might live,—by whose stripes ye have been healed. --Rotherham Bible

Conclusion:

1 Peter 2:24 means that Jesus, by enduring death, provided salvation and spiritual healing. By bearing our sins, Jesus freed believers from the power of sin, enabling them to live a new life of righteousness. The verse is primarily focused on spiritual transformation, not physical healing. 

Jesus himself bore our sins in his body on the tree. This emphasises that Jesus personally took on the full weight and punishment of human sin through his death. The use of "tree" is a direct reference to the cross and connects to the Old Testament idea of a curse associated with hanging on a tree (Galatians 3:13).

3:13: Christ hath redeemed us out of the curse of the law, Having become in our behalf a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone that hangeth upon a tree." --Rotherham Bible

Peter uses Jesus's suffering as an example to follow and as the very power that enables believers to endure injustice. Jesus's sacrificial death frees believers from sin, which motivates them to live righteously, even when persecuted.

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