Christ humbled himself in his death, in that having been betrayed by Judas,¹ forsaken by his disciples,² scorned and rejected by the world,³ condemned by Pilate, and tormented by his persecutors;⁴ having also conflicted with the terrors of death, and the powers of darkness, felt and borne the weight of God's wrath,⁵ he laid down his life an offering for sin,⁶ enduring the painful, shameful, and cursed death of the cross.⁷