When the angels should witness the agony and humiliation of their Lord, they would be filled with grief and indignation and would wish to deliver Him from His murderers; but they were not to interpose in order to prevent anything which they should behold. It was a part of the plan of redemption that Christ should suffer the scorn and abuse of wicked men, and He consented to all this when He became the Redeemer of man.

Når englene blev vidne til deres Herres lidelse og ydmygelse, ville de fyldes med sorg og harme og nære ønske om at befri ham fra hans mordere; men de måtte ikke gribe ind for at forhindre noget af det, de ville få at se. Det var en del af forløsningsplanen, at Kristus skulle udsættes for onde menneskers hån og foragt, og han indvilligede i alt dette, da han blev menneskenes forløser.