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Why did Jesus die on the cross?

By The Context Bible team on June 2, 2026

The cross is the center of Christian faith and the question Christians have answered most carefully through two thousand years. A look at five complementary biblical pictures of what the cross accomplished — none of which contradicts the others.

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