Answer: Christ humbled himself in his death, in that having been betrayed by Judas₁, forsaken by his disciples₂, scorned and rejected by the world₃, condemned by Pilate, and tormented by his persecutors₄; having also conflicted with the terrors of death, and the powers of darkness, felt and borne the weight of God’s wrath₅, he laid down his life an offering for sin₆, enduring the painful, shameful, and cursed death of the cross.₇

1. Matthew 27:3,4
2. Matthew 26:56
3. Isaiah 53:2-3
4. Matthew 27:26-50; John 19:34
5. Luke 22:44; Matthew 27:46
6. Isaiah 53:10
7. Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 12:2; Galatians 3:13

For further study see:

1. WSC Q21: Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
2. WSC Q22: How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
3. WSC Q23: What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
4. WSC Q24: How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
5. WSC Q25: How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
6. WSC Q26: How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
7. WSC Q27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
8. WSC Q28: Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?