John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, Homily 25
For indeed we are not so much in love with money, as is He with our salvation. Wherefore it was not money, but His own Blood that He gave as bail for us. And for this cause He would not have the heart to give them up, for whom He had laid down so great a price. See too how he shows that His power also is unspeakable. For he says, �to this end He both died and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.� And above he said, �for whether we live or die, we are His.� See what a wide extended Mastery! see what unconquerable might! see what exact providence over us!