A. So that he, though innocent, might be condemned by a civil judge,1 and so free us from the severe judgment of God that was to fall on us.2

Biblical References:

1 Luke 23:13-24; John 19:4, 12-16

2 Isa. 53:4-5; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13

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