| Frank Thielman - Religion - 1989 - 180 pages
...ideas expressed in Gal. 3:10-13, and especially the idea in 3:13 that "Christ redeemed (eaydpaaev) us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us...." If so, then Christ's work of redeeming those UTTO v6\iov is the work of redeeming those who are under... | |
| R. Kent Hughes - Religion - 1991 - 326 pages
...all the sins ever committed rolled over him and through him as he became a curse. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree'" (Galatians 3:13). He cooked on the cross... | |
| Frank J. Matera - Religion - 1992 - 274 pages
...Christ. In 4:4 Paul says that Christ was born under the Law, and in 3:13 he writes that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us. In the last text Paul is referring to Deut 21:23 which proclaims a curse upon any one who hangs on... | |
| Bruce Wilkinson, Walk Thru the Bible - Religion - 1992 - 436 pages
...• The curse of sin finds its only remedy in the cross of Christ. Paul explains: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree'" (Galatians 3:13). It's too late to turn... | |
| Rubel Shelly - 1992 - 220 pages
...the law by becoming a curse for us" (Gal. 3:13a). Did you catch the play on words? "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us." How so? "For it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree'" (Gal. 3:13b; cf. Deut. 21:23).... | |
| Christopher D. Stanley - Religion - 1992 - 424 pages
...clearly unacceptable to Paul, who adduced the verse to support his contention that "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" (v. 13a), presumably through his death on the cross (cf. 1 Cor 15.3). To eliminate the possibility... | |
| William Baird - Religion - 2002 - 606 pages
...correcting by the more precise and authentic statement of St Paul." In commenting on 3:13 ("Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us") Lightfoot makes a case for substitutionary atonement. The verb e£r|y6paaey means "redeem" or "ransom,"... | |
| James Dixon Douglas - Bibles - 1993 - 938 pages
...on faith: on thecontrary, "Whoeverdoes the worics of the lawf will live by them." "Christ redeemed aiv great crowds gaUiered anmnd — for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" — 14in order that in Christ Jesus... | |
| Victor Paul Furnish - Religion - 1993 - 148 pages
...on wood has been cursed by God." This is the statement echoed by Paul in Gal 3:13: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us - for it is written 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on wood.'" The scriptural passages that Paul has... | |
| Jon D. Levenson - Religion - 1993 - 278 pages
...a midrashic tour de force that has affected Jewish-Christian relations ever since: "Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree," 14that the blessing of Abraham might be... | |
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