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Gal 3:13. ΧÏιστὴς, Christ) Christ alone. This is an abrupt exclamation without a conjunction, and with some degree of indignation against the doers of the law. There is an Asyndeton not unlike this, Col 3:4 : where the apostle is likewise speaking of Christ.-ἡμᾶς, us) The curse chiefly pressed upon the Jews; for the blessing also was nearer to them. The antithesis is, on the Gentiles, Gal 3:14 : comp. Gal 4:3; Gal 4:6.-á¼Î¾Î·Î³ÏŒÏασεν, hath redeemed) He set us free by purchase from the state in which we were held. The same word occurs, Gal 4:5.-á¼Îº τῆς κατάÏας, from the curse) under which they lie, who trust either to the law, or the works of the law.-γενόμενος á½‘Ï€á½²Ï á¼¡Î¼á¿¶Î½ κατάÏα, being made a curse for us) We have here the abstract, not the concrete noun. Who would dare without the fear of blasphemy so to speak, if the apostle had not led the way? The word curse, κατάÏα, means more than anathema, Rom 9:3 : for the curse is inflicted by another, the anathema is spontaneously incurred. In like manner יכרת, á¼Î¾Î¿Î»Î¿Î¸Ïευθήσεται, shall be cut off, is said of Christ, Dan 9:26 : comp. Gal 3:24 with the annot. of C. B. Michaelis. ὙπὲÏ, for, instead of, is also used here with the utmost propriety; for Christ became the curse, which we were, in our stead, that we might cease to be a curse.-γÎγÏαπται, it is written) Deu 21:23, κεκατηÏαμÎνος ὑπὸ Θεοῦ πᾶς κÏεμάμενος á¼Ï€á½¶ ξÏλου.-á¼Ï€á½¶ ξÏλου, on a tree) between heaven and earth. Our mother-tongue calls it the gallows. The apostles, in treating of redemption, mention the cross, rather than the agony on the Mount of Olives, 1Pe 2:24. Had not the punishment of the cross been long ago abolished, the stupendous power of the cross of Christ would be more obviously before our eyes.