“O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place!” (2Sam 18:33)

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2Cor 5:21)

“who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.” (Rom 4:24,25)

“Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” (Rom 8:30)

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” (Rom 1:16)

“For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1Thes 5:9)

“Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” (2Tim 2:10)

“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise [daka=crush] Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin” (Isa 53:10)

“But He was wounded [chalal=wound fatally] for our transgressions, He was bruised [daka] for our iniquities” (Isa 53:5)

“For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification.” (Rom 5:16)

“even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.” (Rom 5:18)

“whom God set forth as a propitiation [hilasterion] by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness” (Rom 3:25)

“And He Himself is the propitiation [hilasmos] for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” (1Jn 2:2)

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [hilasmos] for our sins.” (1Jn 4:10)

“that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation [hilaskomai] for the sins of the people.” (Heb 2:17)

“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful [hilaskomai] to me a sinner!” (Lk 18:13)

“whom God set forth as a propitiation [hilasterion] by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed” (Rom 3:25)

Reading: 2Sam 18-20; Lk 13