Sometime before, Jesus had said: “God loved the world [mankind] so much that he gave his only - begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. ” ​ — John 3: 16.
यीशु ने भी विश्‍वास रखने वाली मनुष्यजाति के लिए छुड़ौती के रूप में अपना जीवन देने के द्वारा अपने असाधारण प्रेम को दिखाया था ।