The Green Mile: He Took Up Our Pain (Isaiah 53:4-5)
John Coffey, a giant of a man wrongly condemned to death, possesses the gift of healing. He draws sickness into himself, bearing others' pain at...
This is movie analogies on suffering and bearing burdens, drawing on Isaiah 53:4-5, Galatians 6:2 and 1 Peter 2:24.
John Coffey, a giant of a man wrongly condemned to death, possesses the gift of healing. He draws sickness into himself, bearing others' pain at great personal cost. "I'm tired, boss," he says. "Tired of people being ugly to each other. Tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day." Isaiah's suffering servant comes to mind: "Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering...…
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