Mark 10:45

and to give his life We have here one of the early intimations of the mysterious purportof the Passion, that the Redeemer was about to give His life as a ransom for many(1 Timothy 2:6). The word translated "ransom" only occurs here and in the parallel, Matthew 20:28. Wyclif renders it "and yyue his soule, or lyf, redempcioun, or ayen-biyng, for manye." The three great circles of images, which the Scriptures employ when they represent to us the purport of the death of Christ, are (a) a sin-offering, or propitiation(1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10); (b) reconciliation(at-one-ment) with an offended friend(Romans 5:11; Romans 11:15; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19); (c), as here, redemption from slavery(Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14).