 and he lays down his life in the place of his sheep. He does it for us, he does it in our place. Jesus died in your place, he died in my place. He took our place just as surely as he took the place of Barabbas, who was set free under that order that Jesus might be crucified. Remember, they were given the option, give us Jesus or give us Barabbas, and they wanted Barabbas set free so that Jesus could be crucified.