Upon Christ as our substitute and surety was laid the iniquity of us all. He was counted a transgressor, that He might redeem us from the condemnation of the law. The guilt of every descendant of Adam was pressing upon His heart. The wrath of God against sin, the terrible manifestation of His displeasure because of iniquity, filled the soul of His Son with consternation. All His life Christ had been publishing to a fallen world the good news of the Father's mercy and pardoning love. Salvation for the chief of sinners was His theme. But now with the terrible weight of guilt He bears, He cannot see the Father's reconciling face. The withdrawal of the divine countenance from the Saviour in this hour of supreme anguish pierced His heart with a sorrow that can never be fully understood by man. So great was this agony that His physical pain was hardly felt.

Al vor synd blev lagt på Kristus som vor stedfortræder og selvskyldner. Han blev regnet for en overtræder, for at han skulle frelse os fra lovens fordømmelse. Den skyld, der hvilede på enhver af Adams efterkommere, tyngede hans hjerte. Guds vrede over synden og den frygtelige tilkendegivelse af hans mishag på grund af synden fyldte hans Søns sjæl med forfærdelse.