Ransom: In scripture the price paid for freedom is called the ransom. God's people sinned. Death had a lawful hold on them. Christ Jesus came to give his life a ransom to free them from death. He paid by dying in their place. His life was the ransom. Since he paid the ransom they are free. They can never die. The Lord Jesus said that he came to give his life a ransom for many (Matthew 20: 28.)