Isaiah 53:7-8
Suffering, Silent Servant
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
Luke 23:32-35
Jesus Forgives Us
32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
Sometimes silence can be viewed as a weakness in an individual...But that is not the case of Jesus...He is Divine and has the power to forgive, even in His darkest moments... Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”...
Isaiah says that the Suffering Servant was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb being taken to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth...
So Jesus remained calm and rather quiet throughout His arrest, torture, and punishment...He was soon to be nailed to a cross, yet He did not open His mouth and complain out to those who were about to bring Him great harm and death...And when He did say something it was to forgive those doing this violent act of the crucifixion...A violent death for One who is not violent...With great physical and emotional pain soon to come to Him, He could have just walked away (after all He is Divine)...But He chose to save us, and be our Savior...God's Messiah, the Chosen One did not save Himself, but instead did save us, as the people stood watching and the rulers sneering at Him...
He did not speak, and instead in His silence this act remains a reason to believe in Him for two thousand years...By not speaking as He was led to the cross, His death was by a group that were actually the reason for His death, because their transgressions, their sins, the people's sins, and mine -were the actual reason for His death on the cross...My sins took Him to the cross...And though He did not speak much after His arrest, there have been volumes and volumes written about Him and continue to be written about Him...