![]() ![]() Christ's blood or life, which he surrendered for them, is the "ransom" by which the deliverance of his people from the servitude of sin and from its penal consequences is secured. ![]() The debt against us is not viewed as simply cancelled, but is fully paid. The idea running through all these texts, however various their reference, is that of payment made for our redemption. There are many passages in the New Testament which represent Christ's sufferings under the idea of a ransom or price, and the result thereby secured is a purchase or redemption (Compare Acts 20:28 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 6:20 Galatians 3:13 Galatians 4:4 Galatians 4:5 Ephesians 1:7 Colossians 1:14 1 Timothy 2:5 1 Timothy 2:6 Titus 2:14 Hebrews 9:12 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19 Revelation 5:9 ). ![]() ![]() Version of the Old Testament of the use of lutron in man's relation to man ( Leviticus 19:20 25:51 Exodus 21:30 Numbers 35:31 Numbers 35:32 Isaiah 45:13 Proverbs 6:35 ), and in the same sense of man's relation to God ( Numbers 3:49 18:15 ). The Greek word so rendered is apolutrosis, a word occurring nine times in Scripture, and always with the idea of a ransom or price paid, i.e., redemption by a lutron (see Matthew 20:28 Mark 10:45 ). The purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom. ![]()
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