22 Bijbelverzen over het kruis

The Bible presents the cross as the place where Jesus died for the sins of others. Paul told the Corinthians that he had resolved to know nothing while he was with them “except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24 describe that death as bearing sin. In Colossians 1:20 it makes peace “through his blood, shed on the cross,” and in Colossians 2:15 it is a triumph over the powers. Paul calls its…