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This is another easy one because I've heard several people ask about this one before, too.

Question:

Was Jesus Christ hanged from a tree or crucified on a cross?

According to the Apostle Paul in the Book of Galatians,

Galatians 3:13 (NASV)
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"--

Then Peter says about Christ in the Book of 1 Peter:
1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 2:24 (NASV)
and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

(The KJV and NASV say different things here: cross vs. tree. What's up with that?)

Then in Acts 8:30 (another KJV/NASV "mix-up"), the Apostles say:
Acts 5:30 (NASV)
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.


Acts 5:30 (NASV)
"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.


Commonly the depiction of Jesus' execution is one of being put on the cross and held in the Gospels, but the previously mentioned example suggest he was hanged from a tree. And if one looks in the Old Testament one can see that the "tree" execution is clearly detailed as a method of execution for "sinners."

Deuteronomy 21:22-23 (NASV)
"If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.


Passing the Mic to ya.


PEace
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