2 Corinthians 5:21: God made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf
Substitutionary atonement — the great exchange
"He made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him." The death penalty of the law was on us; Jesus absorbs it in our place. This is the resolution of Anderson's death-button analogy: the button gets pushed on Jesus, not on us.
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