2009-09-24T10:42:42-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/pierced/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053:5&version=NIV 2009-09-24T10:42:42-05:00 It is through Christ's death that we find freedom from sin. This famous verse states that it is his suffering and his wounds (sometimes translated as "stripes") that we are healed of our own spiritual wounds. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2019:34&version=NIV 2009-09-20T19:08:10-05:00 After Jesus had died on the cross, his side was pierced with a spear. In John's account, we read that there was a flow of blood and water from the wound made by the spear.