Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 15

Question 38

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Why did he suffer under Pontius Pilate, as his judge?

That he, being innocent, and yet condemned by a temporal judge,^a might thereby free us from the severe judgment of God to which we were exposed.^b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 37–39

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