Note 71 — Chapter III · [59] THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD.

[A strong illustration of this distinction is seen in the “delivering up” of our Savior to be crucified. As to the mere act of delivering up, we find it referred, 1. To God the Father, John iii. 16: Acts ii. 23: Rom. viii. 32. 2. To Christ himself, Eph. v. 2, and v. 25, &c. In this last passage it is literally delivered himself. 3. To the Jewish rulers, Luke xx. 20: Mark xii. 12. 4. To Pontius Pilate, Matt. xxvii. 26: Mark xv. 15: John xix. 6. 5. To Judas, Matt. xxvi. 15: Zec. xi. 12.As to the mere act, Judas and Pilate did just what God the Father, and our Lord Jesus did. But how infinitely unlike the qualities of the act!]