There are numerous theories based around why Jesus died. The four main theories are; the Ransom theory, the Sacrifice/Satisfaction theory, the Exemplar Metaphors theory and the Recapitulation theory. The Ransom theory is commonly called the ‘classic’ theory or is also known as the oldest out of the metaphors of Atonement. This theory interprets the Atonement as the work of God, due to the fact that God himself came in to the world as Jesus Christ, as a ransom (Mat 20:28, Mar 10:45, 1 Ti 2:6), to defeat Satan. Robert Letham says; “Christ’s divinity, however, concealed by his humanity, enabled him to overpower Satan and to rise from the dead, thus destroying ‘him who had the power of death’ ” That being said, it meant the whole of human kind