ACTS 10:39 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:”
'We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a pole,'—the apostolic 'we' (hēmeis martyres) claims eyewitness status for Jesus's works in Judea and Jerusalem. The execution formula—'hanging him on a pole' (kreminnyntes epi xylou)—echoes Deuteronomy 21:22-23 (the cursed one hangs on wood). Peter frames the crucifixion in terms of Deuteronomic curse, preparing for the resurrection's vindication.
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