“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.' — Paul's doctrine of substitutionary redemption: Christ's crucifixion ('hang on pole', citing Deuteronomy 21:23) means he bore the curse ('ara') that the law pronounces on all who fall short; redemption ('exagorazō' — buyback) from the law's curse is achieved through Christ becoming cursed, a cosmic transaction where Christ absorbs the penalty.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:13
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree.” In reality, the people were subject to another curse, which says, “Cursed is every one that continues not in the things that are written in the book of the Law.” Deuteronomy 27:26 To this curse, I say, people were subject, for no man had continued in, or was a keeper of, the whole Law; but Christ exchanged this curse for the other,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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