The Nicene Creed - For Our Sake He Was Crucified under Pontius Pilate...

A Commentary

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For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

This is part three of the second article of the Creed.

Historical Context

“For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” These words do more than summarize a historical event; they ground the faith in a tangible past, a redemptive theology, and a worldview-shaping philosophy. The phrase binds the metaphysical to the physical, placing divine action within human history, and tethering the eternal to the temporal in a mystery that continues to shape Christian thought and practice.