From: "atombomb AT sirius.com" <atombomb AT sirius.com>
To: Doug Kasten <doug.kasten AT juno.com>, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Isaiah 53 HELP
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:13:57 -0700
Christ is risen!
Doug Kasten wrote:
>
> I think your understanding of "for the sake of" is fine, just incomplete.
> In a certain context, it seems that "he was wounded for the sake of our
> sins" COULD mean "so that we might sin". It could also mean that the
> Servant was acting to otherwise deal with (i.e., atone for, eliminate the
> consequences of, etc.) the sins as acts/things of a negative nature, not
> so that we might sin some more.
>
> The locution itself is ambiguous, like others in English. Consider: "I
> sent my daughter to the corner because of her behavior."
Be-cause = caused by-- I grant you this.
But would you have sent her to the corner "for the sake of" her behavior?