who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
In what way did Christ bear our sins?  He bore the consequence of our sin, which is death itself; he suffered separation, though briefly, from the presence of God; he was numbered with transgressors; and they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death.  He endured a lifetime of exposure to the outrageous opposition of evil and unscrupulous men.  How have we died to sins?  See note 1, at end of chapter.