What does it mean when Jesus died for our sins?

Question

Who killed Jesus? The jews or romans.

Answer 1

The Romans killed him, and the Jews comdemned him.

Jesus was our scapegoat, like in the Old Testament. He took on the sins of the world, then gave up his life on the cross. He forgave all the sins of all time, and he suffered so that we would not have to. Now if we accept his gift, we get to spend eternity with God.

Answer 2

Jesus' life, death, and resurrection set up the conditions that resulted in the destruction of Satan's evil dominion over mankind, and the restoration of a state of grace, forgiveness, and peace between God and all those who freely choose to accept him.

The Romans killed Jesus, but both the Romans and the corrupt Jewish leaders were minions of Satan, the Prince of this world. And since no one had the right to take the life of the sinless son of God, Jesus' death brought divine judgment and destruction down on all three.

Satan's power was destroyed the moment Jesus died.

Forty years later, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem, along with all the corruption that remained within it.

A few hundred years after that, the Roman empire was first converted to Christianity, and then destroyed, while the Catholic Church, the only church Jesus ever founded, remains today, as the true, worldwide and universal means of salvation for all.

Answer 3

It means that by His death, burial and resurrection, the curse of our sins, which is death, has been removed. It means that hell, which is the grave, cannot hold us. We will rise again.

Although they participated, neither the Jews or the Romans killed Jesus.

Jesus was sacrificed by the Father for the sins of the world.

Its true that the Jewish Priests gave Jesus into the hands of the Roman authorities to be killed, but it was the Father who orchestrated the whole thing.

Answer 4

If you allow yourself to observe your question you have included the Jews and Romans. That is an indication that you may already have a partial answer in your question. The Jews represent those who knew the law of God and the prophecies concerning the Messiah. So they are included in list that killed Him. The Romans represent the gentiles (non-Jews) who did not have the law but did have a moral law written inside of them. Now to make my point, because Jesus died for the sin of all mankind, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God", we are all essentially responsible for His death.

Answer 5

What it means is God hates sin, he hates it so much that none of us would get into heaven when we die. Not only that, but God also requires sin to be punished. The good news is God didn't abandon us, he had a plan, the plan required someone to live a life without committing a single sin. Of course, this is impossible, unless you are perfect. So a perfect person, Jesus, came to earth, lived a perfect life which annoyed so many imperfect people they killed him. When he was dying he took the punishment from God that God would have inflicted on us imperfect people when we die, and then he went to hell in our place. But that isn't he end of the story, God didn't forget Jesus because he was still sinless, even though he had willingly accepted the sins of all who believe in him, so three days later God brought him back from being dead.
Who killed him? It was both.

Answer 6

Jesus died as a ransom sacrifice...to what? To the perfect life that Adam lost...to return back that life, Jesus' perfect life is needed to counterbalance the command 'Life for a life.'

The Jews rejected, opposed Jesus but claim: “It is not lawful for us to kill anyone.” Indeed, if they killed Jesus during the Passover Festival, it would likely cause a public uproar, since many hold Jesus in high regard. But if they can get the Romans to execute him on a political charge, this will tend to absolve them of responsibility before the people.

So the religious leaders, not mentioning their earlier trial during which they condemned Jesus for blasphemy, now trump up different charges. They make the three-part accusation: “This man we found [1] subverting our nation and [2] forbidding the paying of taxes to Caesar and [3] saying he himself is Christ a king.”

Answer 7

Jesus died for the sins people committed and saves from spiritual death. He was killed by the Romans. His dead was a sacrifice and a gift from god to be saved. Christians believe we can not get to God by doing good deeds, we will never be righteous and pure enough.

Answer 8

The Jews condemned Him and the romans carried out the sentence.

What did His death mean for us? Salvation. It means reunion with God, the ability to get back into the embrace of our Heavenly Father and escape death. His death meant life for us. There is no greater gift that we could have received.

Answer 9

You and I and the rest of the world killed Jesus. For if we had not sinned then Jesus would not have to die for anyone. But we do sin and continue to sin our entire lives in either word, thought, or deed. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." - Romans 3:23. Jesus laid down his life for us freely, and he freely picked it up again defeating death so that we by faith may live.

Answer 10

Isn't that the most bizarro piece of dogma ever? I think it has to do with laying guilt trips on people and making them feel bad about themselves so they will listen to televangelists and other charlatans in order to "save" themselves... whatever that means.

As far as your second question goes, according to the bible anyway, no one killed him. They thought they did but he came back from the dead and so forth. So really, the whole crucifixion thing was no big deal.