Greek xylon vocabulary noted (Luke's consistent apostolic-preaching diction for the cross — Acts 5:30, 10:39, 13:29). Founder editorial note primary location — Pastor Marc frames the typological climax. Cross-link to /featured/bronze-serpent/john-3-lifted-up for the elevation-typology parallel.
The Cross as Tree — the typological climax
Deut 21:23, Gal 3:13, 1 Pet 2:24, Acts 5:30 / 10:39 / 13:29. The OT-NT inversion of curse and cure.
Primary passage:Galatians 3:13 →
Commentary
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John Calvin
Commentaries
1. O foolish Galatians. An expostulation is here interwoven -- I should rather say, inserted -- amidst his doctrinal statements. Some will wonder that he did not delay it to the close of the Epistle, but the very serious nature of the errors which he has brought forward unquestionably roused…
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