Footnotes

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.
3. Galatians 3:14 tn Or “so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus.”
4. Galatians 3:15 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.
5. Galatians 3:15 tn Grk “I speak according to man,” referring to the illustration that follows.
6. Galatians 3:15 tn The same Greek word, διαθήκη (diathēkē), can mean either “covenant” or “will,” but in this context the former is preferred here because Paul is discussing in vv. 16-18 the Abrahamic covenant.
7. Galatians 3:15 tn Or “has been put into effect.”