Galatians:3:13

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rwp @Galatians:3:13 @{Redeemed us } (\h ˆmas ex ˆgorasen \). First aorist active of the compound verb \exagoraz “\ (Polybius , Plutarch , Diodorus ), to buy from , to buy back , to ransom . The simple verb \agoraz “\ (1Corinthians:6:20 ; strkjv @7:23 |) is used in an inscription for the purchase of slaves in a will (Deissmann , _Light from the Ancient East_ , p . 324 ). See also strkjv @Galatians:4:5 ; strkjv @Colossians:4:5 ; strkjv @Ephesians:5:16 |. Christ purchased us {from the curse of the law } (\ek t ˆs kataras tou nomou \). "Out from (\ek \ repeated ) under (\hupo \ in verse 10 |) the curse of the law ." {Having become a curse for us } (\genomenos huper h ˆm “n katara \). Here the graphic picture is completed . We were under (\hupo \) a curse , Christ became a curse {over } (\huper \) us and so between us and the overhanging curse which fell on him instead of on us . Thus he bought us out (\ek \) and we are free from the curse which he took on himself . This use of \huper \ for substitution is common in the papyri and in ancient Greek as in the N .T . (John:11:50 ; strkjv @2Corinthians:5:14f .|). {That hangeth on a tree } (\ho kremamenos epi xulou \). Quotation from strkjv @Deuteronomy:21:23 | with the omission of \hupo theou \ (by God ). Since Christ was not cursed by God . The allusion was to exposure of dead bodies on stakes or crosses (Joshua:10:26 |). \Xulon \ means wood , not usually tree , though so in strkjv @Luke:23:31 | and in later Greek . It was used of gallows , crosses , etc . See strkjv @Acts:5:30 ; strkjv @10:39 ; strkjv @1Peter:2:24 |. On the present middle participle from the old verb \kremannumi \, to hang , see on ¯Matthew:18:6 ; strkjv @Acts:5:30 |.

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