Answer: Jesus' blood was poured out for many for
the forgiveness of sins, (verse 28).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Mark 4:25-28: "Jesus called them
[the disciples] together and said, 'You know that the rulers
of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials
exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead,
whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and
whoever wants to be first must be your slave--just as the Son
of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His
life as a ransom for many.'"
Luke 24:46: "He [Jesus] told them,
'This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise
from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of
sins will be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.'"
Acts 2:38-39: "Peter replied,
'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the Name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your
children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord
our God will call.'"
Acts 5:29-31: "Peter and the other
apostles replied: 'We must obey God rather than men!
The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead--Whom you
had killed by hanging Him on a tree. God exalted Him to His
Own right hand as Prince and Savior that He might give repentance
and forgiveness of sins to Israel.'"
Acts 10:43: "All the prophets
testify about Him [Jesus] that everyone who believes in Him
receives forgiveness of sins through His Name."
Acts 13:38: "Therefore, my
brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of
sins is proclaimed to you."
Acts 26:15-18: "Then I asked,
'Who are you, Lord?' 'I am Jesus, Whom you
are persecuting,' the Lord replied. 'Now get up
and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a
servant and as a witness of what you have seen of Me and what I
will show you. I will rescue you from your own people and
from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and
turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to
God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among
those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'"
Romans 5:15: "But the gift is not
like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one
man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the
grace of the One Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the
many!"
Ephesians 1:7: "In Him we have
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God's grace..."
Colossians 1:13-14: "For He [God]
has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into
the kingdom of the Son He loves, in Whom we have redemption, the
forgiveness of sins."
