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This modern classic of biblical scholarship explains what the apostles meant when they used such words as “redeem,” “covenant,” “propitiate,” “reconcile,” and “justify.” Leon Morris carefully explores these themes against the backgrounds of both Old Testament Judaism and New Testament Christianity—a rewarding task that results in a more complete understanding of these key Christian terms.

synagogue which thou acquiredst (or perhaps, purchasedst, ἐκτήσω) in the beginning; thou redeemedst the rod of thine inheritance’, and Isaiah 52:3, ‘For thus saith the Lord, you were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed with money.’ In these last two passages it would seem that it is just as impossible to have redemption without a price as a sale. Both terms may be used metaphorically, but that should not blind us to their essential significance, which is what gives them their force in
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