What is the significance of the coming of Christ and his death on the Cross? This question, so central to the Christian faith, has been answered in a wide variety of ways. Theologians today frequently ask how the Cross of Christ can be interpreted in categories relevant to modern man. By contrast, George Smeaton rightly believed that the only reliable way to understand the death of Christ was by the careful and systematic exposition of the relevant passages in the New Testament. The result is this fine volume in which we are given careful studies of such passages as 2 Corinthians 5 where Paul expounds the death of Christ as a work of reconciliation and Galatians 3:13 which speaks of Christ bearing the divine curse, as well as many other texts. The fruit of Smeaton's faithful use of his exceptional gifts as a theologian and exegete, The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement is a marvellous study which serves both as a doctrinal treatise on the atonement and also as a commentary on many of the most important passages in the New Testament.