 prepares the way. Jesus is the one who goes to the cross. Jesus is the one who gives his life as a ransom for many. Jesus is the one being perfect, holy, and sinless, the son of God, who can lay down his life as a ransom payment for your sin. Jesus alone is the one who can rise from the grave, saying he by his own self lays down his life and picks it up again. It is Jesus, and only Jesus,