All true, but irrelevant to the question at hand.
“Jesus Christ died in prison serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for my sins”?
Yeah ... it just doesn’t have the same ring, does it?
That was the judicial murder of an innocent man.
All true, but irrelevant to the question at hand.
“Jesus Christ died in prison serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for my sins”?
Jesus submitted himself to the lawful civil authority. That civil authority had the power to condemn citizens to death.
If the death penalty was immoral or unjust Jesus would not have submitted himself to that authority.
Therefore, Christians must accept that the death penalty when imposed by lawful authority is right and just.
It has the endorsement of our Lord and Savior. He accepted Pilots authority over him because that power came from his father.
“Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above” (Jn. 19:11).