Agnus Dei. Paper and Pencil, Clip Studio Paint, and Apple Procreate, 10 x 10", Apr 2023.
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
— 2 Cor 5:21 NLT
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—everyone—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
— Isa 53:4-6 ESV
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
— Jn 1:29
Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.
— Jn 12:30-33
But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
— Jn 19:34
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”
— Gal 3:13
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
— 1 Pt 2:24