(cf. Exodus 21:30). According to this line of thought those who were under the curse were to be regarded not merely as prisoners but as persons appointed to die” (pp. 126, 127). Second, Christ accomplished this deliverance by being made a curse for us (verse 13b). How He did this, we are not told. All we are told is that in some mysterious sense the curse of the law, which should have come upon us, fell on Him. The words for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree (verse 13c) are
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