With many the story of the condescension, humiliation, and sacrifice of our divine Lord awakens no deeper interest, and stirs the soul and affects the life no more, than does the history of the death of the martyrs of Jesus. Many have suffered death by slow tortures; others have suffered death by crucifixion. In what does the death of God’s dear Son differ from these? It is true He died upon the cross a most cruel death; yet others, for His dear sake, have suffered equally, so far as bodily torture is concerned. Why, then, was the suffering of Christ more dreadful than that of other persons who have yielded their lives for His sake? If the sufferings of Christ consisted in physical pain alone, then His death was no more painful than that of some of the martyrs. {2T 214.1}

Hos mange vækker beretningen om vor guddommelige Herres fornedrelse, ydmygelse og opofrelse ingen dybere interesse og griber ikke sjælen eller påvirker livet mere end beretningen om Jesu martyrs død. mange har lidt døden under langsommere pinsler; andre har lidt døden ved korsfæstelse. hvori adskiller Guds søns død sig fra disse andres? Det er sandt, at han led en yderst grufuld død på korset; men andre har dog for hans kære sags skyld lidt lige så meget, hvad legemlig pine angår. Hvorfor var så Kristi lidelse mere frygtelig end andres, der har givet deres liv for hans skyld? Dersom Kristi lidelser bestod af legemlig smerte alene, var hans død ikke mere pinefuld end nogle af de andre martyrers.