Greek xylon vocabulary noted (Luke's consistent apostolic-preaching diction for the cross: Acts 5:30, 10:39, 13:29). Cross-link to the bronze serpent's "lifted up" typology for the elevation 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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Key passage
Typological connection
The trees thread runs from Eden (life barred) through the cross (curse borne on a tree, Gal 3:13) to the New Jerusalem (life multiplied, twelve fruits monthly).