In old times large sums in gold were paid to ransom those taken in battle.
Richard I was ransomed for 100,000 pounds; David Bruce of Scotland for 100,000 marks; and King John of France for 500,000 pounds. But these immense sums were nothing compared with the price of the Ransom paid to redeem the sinner.
A missionary in Africa wrote: "I have dwelt four years alone in Africa, have been thirty times stricken with fever, have been attacked by rhinoceri and lions, have been ambushed by natives, have eaten everything from ants to rhinoceri, but I would gladly go through the same experience again for the joy of teaching these people to know the Savior who gave His life a ransom for them."