Mark 14:55-63, The Silence of Christ (1)

The most well-known prophecy of the “silence of Christ” comes from Isa. 53:7: He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.    I want you to see it in Ps. 38.  Read this “Psalm of David” below and see the “cross of Christ” as you read.  My comments are in ( ).

38 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! ² For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. (The cross is about the wrath of God on sin and sinners, wrath taken by Christ.)

³ There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. ⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. ⁵ My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. (Jesus was numbered with the transgressors.  He made our iniquities and foolishness His so He might make His righteousness ours.)

⁶ I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. ⁷ For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. ⁸ I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.  (Heb. 5:7!)

⁹ Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. ¹⁰ My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

¹¹ My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. ¹² Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.

¹³ But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. ¹⁴ Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. (The silence of Christ! And why?)

¹⁵ For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. ¹⁶ For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” (Because, as Peter said, He entrusted Himself to the righteous judge, 1 Pt. 2:23).

¹⁷ For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. ¹⁸ For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. ¹⁹ But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
²⁰ Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

²¹ Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me! ²² Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! (He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth.  Not to His accusers.  Because He had already opened His mouth to His Father in Gethsemane.)