Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Ver. 28. And to give his life a ransom] A redemptory, a valuable rate, λυτρον, for it was the blood of God wherewith the Church was purchased, Acts 20:28; silver and gold could not do it, 1 Peter 1:18,19; nor anything else but that ransom given by Christ, αντιλυτρον, 1 Timothy 2:6 .