Death of Christ, The
Foretold -- Isa 53:8; Da 9:26; Zec 13:7. Appointed by God -- Isa 53:6,10; Ac 2:23. Necessary for the redemption of man -- Lu 24:46; Ac 17:3. Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God -- Mt 20:28; Eph 5:2; 1Th 5:10. Was voluntary -- Isa 53:12; Mt 26:53; Joh 10:17,18. Was undeserved -- Isa 53:9. Mode of Foretold by Christ. -- Mt 20:18,19; Joh 12:32,33. Prefigured. -- Nu 21:8; Joh 3:14. Ignominious. -- Heb 12:2. Accursed. -- Ga 3:13. Exhibited His humility. -- Php 2:8. A stumbling block to Jews. -- 1Co 1:23. Foolishness to Gentiles. -- 1Co 1:18,23. Demanded by the Jews -- Mt 27:22,23. Inflicted by the Gentiles -- Mt 27:26-35. In the company of malefactors -- Isa 53:12; Mt 27:38. Accompanied by supernatural signs -- Mt 27:45,51-53. Emblematical of the death to sin -- Ro 6:3-8; Ga 2:20. Commemorated in the ordinance of the Lord's supper -- Lu 22:19,20; 1Co 11:26-29.