>HTP
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>This is another easy one because
>I've heard several people ask
>about this one before, too.
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>Question:
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>Was Jesus Christ hanged from a
>tree or crucified on a
>cross?

Responce: A cross.
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>According to the Apostle Paul in
>the Book of Galatians,
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>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"--

Responce: This has nothing to do with the cross, but I thought it should be noted that Jesus was cursed for us on earth. Because judically he became our substitute.
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>Then Peter says about Christ in
>the Book of 1 Peter:
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>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.
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>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.
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>(The KJV and NASV say different
>things here: cross vs. tree.
>What's up with that?)

Responce: Because the word tree is used to describe the cross. Like its Hebrew counter part, the greek for this word could refer to a tree, a pole, or a wooden beam or some object.

So in responce to those other verses the tree is just a figurative reference to the cross. Also if you look at John 19:17 it says that Jesus carried his own cross. Also in verse 19 it says that Pilate had a note fasten to the cross saying Jesus king of .....
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