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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming[a] a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)[b]

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  1. Galatians 3:13 tn Grk “having become”; the participle γενόμενος (genomenos) has been taken instrumentally.
  2. Galatians 3:13 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.