⁵¹ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,

⁶ You see, at just the right time,^(A) when we were still powerless,^(B) Christ died for the ungodly.^(C)

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(A)

³⁴ Who then is the one who condemns?^(A) No one. Christ Jesus who died^(B)—more than that, who was raised to life^(C)—is at the right hand of God^(D) and is also interceding for us.^(E)

⁹ For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life^(A) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.^(B)