What dost thou understand by the words “He suffered?”
That he, all the time that he lived on earth, but especially at the end of his life, sustained in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sins of all mankind:a that so by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, he might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the favour of God, righteousness and eternal life.b
a. 1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:12
1 Peter 2:24
2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. "By His stripes you are healed."
Isaiah 53:12
53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
53:12 Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
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b. 1 John 2:2; Romans 3:25
1 John 2:2
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Romans 3:25
3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
3:25 God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
What dost believest thou when thou understand by the words sayest he suffered.
That he all the time that of his life which he lived on lead in the Earth, but especially at the end of his life, in body and soul, thereof, sustained the wrath of God, both in body and soul, against the sins sin of all mankind, that so he might by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, he might redeem deliver our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for purchase us the favour of God, righteousness, and eternal everlasting life.
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 37
What dost thou understand by the words “He suffered?”
That he, all the time that he lived on earth, but especially at the end of his life, sustained in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sins of all mankind: that so by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, he might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the favour of God, righteousness and eternal life.
That he all the time of his life which he lead in the Earth, but especially at the end thereof, sustained the wrath of God, both in body and soul, against the sin of mankind, that he might by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, deliver our body and soul from everlasting damnation, and purchase us the favour of God, righteousness, and everlasting life.
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