Verse 19— But with the precious blood of Christ. Here the manner of the redemption is stated affirma­tively. Negatively, not with gold or silver; affimatively, with the precious blood of Christ. Under the Jewish economy a sacrifice had to be without blemish. (See Leviticus 22:21-23.) So the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, is the means by which redemption is had, atonement is made. It behooves not the true follower of the Lord to stagger at this point, nor to philosophize as to how this precious blood could procure this redemption. It is enough for the trusting soul to know that the all-wise Father so ordained and announced the fact to be, and trustingly it ought to be accepted. The New Testament writers with a singular unanimity recognize and refer to Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. "The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).