Saturday, February 26, 2011

Why did He suffer “under Pontius Pilate” as judge?

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 38.
Why did He suffer “under Pontius Pilate” as judge?

Answer. That He, being innocent, might be condemned by the temporal judge,[1] and thereby deliver us from the severe judgment of God, to which we were exposed.[2]

[1] Lk 23:13-24; Jn 19:4, 12-16; Acts 4:27-28;
[2] Ps 69:4; Isa 53:4-5; Mt 27:24; 2 Cor 5:21; Gal 3:13

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