The soul resteth upon him; there is a receiving of Christ: John i. 12, 'To as many as received him;' which noteth a higher degree than coming to him. It implieth an apprehension, and particular application of the promises for our use; as when the prodigal and the father were fallen upon each other's necks, and joined together in mutual embraces. It is the welcoming of Christ into the soul, the clasping him about with the arms of faith; as old Simeon took the child in his arms and said, 'Mine eyes have seen thy salvation.' And so the faith of the patriarchs is described: Heb. xi. 13, they 'embraced the promises.' The word is ἀσπασάμενοι, they hugged and embraced promises.
Thomas Manton — A Practical Exposition upon the Fifty-Third Chapter of Isaiah, in The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D., vol. 3 (London: James Nisbet & Co., 1870), on Isa. 53:11, pp. 437-438
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