Christ Our Redeemer in the Epistles and Revelation. By James H. Broods TJTHERE are three Greek verbs found in the inspired Epistles which (2> a r e translated into English by the word redeem/ The fiTst is agorazo defined in Bagster's Analytical Greek Lexicon, as mean- ]ng ,u t u 7 ' r e d e e m > s q u i r e by a ransom or price paid." It occurs 3 S ^ U ^ T i W T ^ i l 1 C ° r ' 6 : 2 0 ; ? : 2 3 ' 3 0 ; 2 P e t 1 1 R e v " The second word is 'the same as the preceding, with a preposition prefixed, meaning • out of." It is Exagorazo, and implies, of course that n a i d r Z ° o f t n n g ,S redeemed, acquired by a r'ansom or price paid, out of a previous condition. It is found only in the following places: Gal. 3:13; 4:5, Eph. 5:16; Col:- 4:5 loiiowing The third verb, lutroo, corner from a root which means to loosen unbind, unfasten, and then to release for a ransom, redeem, eTve ' liberate. It is found in Titus 2:14; 1 Pet. 1-18 aenver, There are two nouns translated redemption, both derived from 5? °n°' a n d ; h 7 e f ° r e deliverance, or liberation procured by but o n c r H e b 9 a i 2 a n X T h e * r s \ o i t h e s e * t r e s i s , a i d it is used once, Heb 9 12. The second is t he same word with the prefix of a preposition which means from. It occurs in Rom V24- r 1:30; Eph. 1:7, 14 ; 4 : 30 ;Co l. 1:14; Heb - 9 : 15; 1 ^ 5 ' ' ^ ' There are also two nouns rendefed,ransom, the first of which lutron, is not used in the Epistles, and thé second of which antilutron means a price paid m the room of or, for another, occurs 1 Tim 2 6 All of these words indicate that there is a bondage, from 'which deliverance is obtained by the payment of a ransom, or e q u i v aHt price S i d of y AH nd C ° T n t l * t e a C h f r ° m G e n C S ' S t o ¿ - / a t i o n tnat every child of Adam is by nature in a seven-fold or complete bondage, and that the only Redeemer is our Lord Jesus Christ, K a u s c h r P 3 l d t h ^ . r a n S O m P r i c e f o r a11 who are led by he Holy £ h ° s t , t o Relieve on His name, according to the good pleasure of the Fa t he rs will, "to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He h l th made us accepted ,n the beloved," (Eph. 1:6.) universal is the C r U d f i e d Redeemer, it ^s First—We were in bondage to thefworld. Eph. 2:42. As to the character of the world see Jas. 4:4; 1 Jno. 2:15, 16; 3:1; 5 .^9 Christ's redemption, Gal. 1:4. j u r i s ts b ? n d a £ ? t o t h e fl esh, Rom. 7:5, 25; 8-7 8- Gal. 4:29 ; 6:17. Christ's redemption, Rom. 8:3, 9 ; Gal. 5 :24- Phil 3 3' third—We were in bondage to, sin, Rom 3-9- 5-12- fi-17 m À slaves) ; 7:14. 23. Christ's redemption, Rom 6 •6 11 ' 12 1 Cor 1 i f 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24; 3:18. ' C ° r ' 1 5 : 1 ' 3 ; r „ , S /.oQ nC lTi? Ae
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