The Substitute

Now at the Passover Feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. And the one named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt. And the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. And responding again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” They shouted back, “Crucify Him!” But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” Intent on satisfying the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified. – Mark 15:6-15

  We all need a

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard – Rom 3:23

For the wages of sin is death – Rom 6:23

When people sin, they earn what sin pays – death – Rom 6:23a ERV

  is the substitute

But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn – Gen 48:14

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him – 2Cor 5:21

  would He do it?

But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us – Rom 5:8 AMP

For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life – John 3:16 NLT

  do we make the exchange?

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved – Rom 10:13

All scripture is from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted