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What was the character of his death?

Homicide. “Jesus of Nazareth, a man ... ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain” (Acts ii, 22, 23).

Regicide. “The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David” (Luke i, 32). “This is the King of the Jews” (xxiii, 38). “There they crucified him” (33).

Deicide. “The Word [Christ] was God” (John i, 1). “I and my Father are one” (x, 30). “They crucified him” (xix, 18).

Suicide. “I [Christ] lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself” (John x, 17, 18).