Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Who then frees from death and from bondage, save He who is “free among the dead” ? (Ps 87:5 LXX) Who is “free among the dead,” save He who among sinners is without sin? St. Augustine