Gal 3:13 | NET2full | STEP | Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us ( because it is written , “ Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree ”)

‏ Galatians 3:13

13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming ^{▼▼tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.} a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) ^{▼▼sn A quotation from Deut 21:23. By figurative extension the Greek word translated tree (ζύλον, zulon) can also be used to refer to a cross (L&N 6.28), the Roman instrument of execution.}