Ransom

This page lists all references to Ransom in the writings of the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Faith. Note that the content on this page is subject to certain limitations.

Definition

noun

1.

Act of ransoming; a redeeming or releasing of a captive by payment of a consideration.

2.

The money, price, or consideration paid or demanded for the redemption of a captured person or persons; a payment that releases from captivity, a penalty, or a forfeit, also, Rare, a fine; as, to ask a huge ransom; to pay the ransom in gold; worth a king's ransom.

3.

One who or that which ransoms or redeems; specif., Christ or his crucifixion.

4.

O. Eng. Law. That which is paid for the pardon of an offense or in lieu of corporal punishment; a fine.

Transitive verb

1.

To redeem from captivity, slavery, punishment, or the like, by paying a price; to buy out of bondage, etc.; as, to ransom prisoners of war.

2.

To deliver, as from sin, its penalty, or the like; to be the Redeemer of.

3.

Rare. a. To expiate; to atone for.

b. To buy, as freedom, by paying a ransom.

4:

To exact a ransom for or from; to hold or offer for ransom; also, to oppress by exacting ransoms or fines. Now Rare.

Source: Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, second edition, unabridged, 1934

A ransom on behalf of...[edit]

and my soul be a ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain DR

May my soul be a ransom for Thy long-suffering, O Countenance of glory DR

May my soul be a ransom for Thy forbearance DR

Would that my soul, O Prisoner, could be a ransom for Thy captivity PM

and my soul be a ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain PM

who hath offered up himself as a ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones PM

We, in truth, have given Ourself as a ransom for your own lives SLH

who would ransom with his life and soul whatsoever proceedeth from Thee APB

May the souls of the Concourse on high be a ransom for the calamities ATB

may my life be a ransom for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of His loved ones LW

May the world and all that is therein be a ransom for Thy woes SWAB

may my soul be the ransom of His lovers! The lights of the All-Glorious Realm SWAB

may the souls of all on earth be a ransom for Him SWAB

may my life be a ransom for His lovers SWAB

Make our lives to be a ransom for Thy sake and bestow upon us a new spirit APA

and my soul be a ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain. BPB

Other words used in this context: sacrifice

Used to demonstrate a truth[edit]

The purpose of God, moreover, was to sacrifice him as a ransom for the sins GWB

He, in truth, hath offered up His life as a ransom for the redemption of the world GWB

On that day no ransom will be accepted, nor will any intercession be permitted SWB

and those who ask, and for ransom; who observeth prayer, and payeth the legal alms SDC

and lay down Their lives as a ransom; it is to make these very people SWAB

even as did Christ, as a ransom for the life of the world SWAB

As part of a discourse[edit]

No ransom shall be accepted from thee on this day, even shouldst thou offer up SLH

a number of this people were ransomed and large sums were seized SLH