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From:
A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases
By:
Alfred Taylor Schofield
This means one who is taking the responsibility due to another, as in endorsing a bill of exchange, &c. Christ is thus the sinner’s surety, taking upon Himself all the responsibility of his sine, and answering to God for them all. Humanly speaking suretyship is condemned (see
Prov. 11:15
15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. (Proverbs 11:15)
), but without a Divine surety we all were lost.
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