(Below is a list of questions and quotes that help me think about each verse as I read it. The numbers represent the verses in the chapter.)
To work out the Atonement, Jesus Christ suffered for our griefs, transgressions, and sins. His death and Resurrection provide a way for every mortal to be resurrected.
1-12. What are some of the things you learn about the Savior from the prophecy quoted in this chapter? What did Jesus do in mortality to help you return home to your Father in Heaven? What grief, sorrows, and sins has Jesus Christ carried for you?
•Mosiah 14:2. He would look like an ordinary man. The Savior lived meekly and humbly.•Mosiah 14:3. He would know sorrow and grief and be hated and rejected. Many people rejected Him.•Mosiah 14:4. He would suffer for our griefs and sorrows. He carried our griefs and sorrows.•Mosiah 14:5. He would suffer for our transgressions and sins so we could be healed. He took upon Himself the sins of all people.•Mosiah 14:7. He would be the sacrificial lamb of the Father. He willingly subjected Himself to persecution and death.•Mosiah 14:8–9, 12. He would be killed with the wicked. He was without sin.•Mosiah 14:10. He would work out the Atonement.•Mosiah 14:11. He would satisfy the demands of justice.•Mosiah 14:12. He would receive great rewards for His sacrifice.
2. Who does him refer to in the phrase “before him”? How does this describe the Father watching over His Son? (See Luke 2:40) How are we like branches and Jesus Christ like the vine or trunk? (See John 15:5) How were the people where the Lord grew up like the dry ground that surrounded them? Not only would Jesus Christ look like other men, but He would be born into the world in the usual way. How would that fact be a great test of faith for some people?
“There was nothing about [Christ] to cause people to single him out. In appearance he was like men; and so it is expressed here by the prophet that he had no form or comeliness, that is, he was not so distinctive, so different from others that people would recognize him as the Son of God. He appeared as a mortal man” -President Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:23
"There is no mystique, no dynamic appearance, no halo around his head, thunders do not roll and lightnings do not flash at his appearance. He is the Son of the Highest, but he walks and appears as the offspring of the lowest. He is a man among men, appearing, speaking, dressing, seeming in all outward respects as they are." - Bruce R McConkie, Promised Messiah, 478
3. How do the following scriptures apply to this verse? (Luke 4:16, 22, 28–29; 2 Nephi 10:3) What does “we hid as it were our faces from him” mean? How can you show God that you listen and revere His words? According to this verse, what did Jesus suffer for in addition to our sins? (See Alma 7:11) How does knowing that the Savior suffered for all our pains, afflictions, and sicknesses help us understand the following verses in Matthew 11:28–30?
3-12. How was the Savior treated? How did the Savior respond? Why do you think people treated the Savior so badly? Why do you think God allowed his Son to be treated that way? How do you feel about the Savior?
4. What does the phrase “smitten of God” mean?
“It has been common in many ages for people to assume that someone who suffers is being punished by God. Those who see the Servant consider that he is being punished for sin. Ironically, they are correct, but it is not his own sin that causes him to suffer; rather, it is ours” -Donald W. Parry and others, Understanding Isaiah [1998], 474
5. Another translation for bruised is “crushed.” What are the blessings you receive mentioned in this verse that come to you as a result of Christ’s suffering the Atonement? The word Gethsemane is derived from 'oil press'. How is oil extracted from olives? (They are crushed in an olive press.) How might the meaning of Gethsemane, the name of the place where the Lord suffered the Atonement, relate to Isaiah’s statement that He was “crushed” for our iniquities? What happened to Jesus before He was crucified? (See Matthew 27:26) How does this relate to the last part of this verse? It may help to know that Isaiah and Abinadi used the stripes of Jesus’s scourging to represent the healing powers of the Atonement. (See also 1 Peter 2:24–25.)
6. How does 1 John 1:8 relate to this verse? How can you seek to turn to the Lords way rather than your own? What do you need to change in your life to do this?
7. What afflictions did Jesus bear?(See Matthew 26:67–68; 27:29–30) How can the words in Mark 15:3–5 and Luke 23:9 apply to this verse? In verse 6 we are the sheep and Jesus is the shepherd. Who is the lamb and the sheep in this verse? (see John 1:29 and Moses 5:6–8)
8. How terrible was it for Jesus to be “stricken” with the “transgressions of [the] people”? (See Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–18) The word generation might also be translated as “descendants.” Who is the “seed” or “descendants” of Christ? (See Mosiah 5:7; 15:10–13)
9. Who were the wicked were who died with the Savior? (See Matthew 27:38) How was Jesus “with the rich in his death”? (See Matthew 27:57–60)
10. Who willingly allowed the Atonement to be completed? (See John 3:16; 10:17–18)
11. Who made the last sacrifice? What was satisfied? Who was justified? What made it possible for them to be justified? (See also Alma 34:14–16) What does it mean to be justifies?
12. What high office did Jesus attained? (See Doctrine and Covenants 49:5–6) Consider the words to the hymn “Jesus, Once of Humble Birth” (Hymns, no. 196). What contrast do you find between where Jesus was and where He is now? What is Jesus willing to share with you? (See Romans 8:16–17)
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