Whether hung on a tree or a cross, ( contradiction ), was Jesus cursed of Jehovah ?

Question

The Bible Deuteronomy 21: 22
If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a tree, you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse.

Blasphemy and sedition were capital offenses.

Peter & apostles.

The Bible 1 Peter 2: 24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

The Bible Acts 5: 29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,whom you slew and hanged on a tree.

Paul.

The Bible Galatians 3: 13
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 tree."

Relevant verses to the contrary accepted. This is so, in that he was required to bear the sin of the world,as it is written.

The point was that Jesus was indeed cursed of Jehovah, and forsaken also.

Peter, Paul and the Apostles say Jesus was hung on a tree (Stauros). There should be no problem nor extravagant
explanations necessary to accept that.

Thank you all, for the answers.

Answer 1

Yes, he was cursed on our behalf. He was "bruised for our transgressions." Jesus cried out to God, "Why have you forsaken me?" In the moment he bore our sins on the cross, he was separated from the Father.

As an aside, it is not a contradiction to refer to the cross both as a "cross" and as a "tree." This was common even in the political, non religious writings of the time. Evidently since the cross was made from a tree, people living at the time were able to make the connection and get the reference.

Answer 2

No.

Note the honest context of the passage central to this "question":
(Deuteronomy 21:22-23) And in case there comes to be in a man a sin deserving the sentence of death... his dead body should not stay all night on the stake; but you should by all means bury him on that day, because something accursed of God is the one hung up

Was Jesus "deserving the sentence of death"?

(Matthew 27:22-25) Pilate said to [the mob]: “What, then, shall I do with Jesus the so-called Christ?” They all said: “Let him be impaled!” 23 He said: “Why, what bad thing did he do?” Still they kept crying out all the more: “Let him be impaled!” 24 Seeing that it did no good but, rather, an uproar was arising, Pilate took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying: “I am innocent of the blood of this man. you yourselves must see to it.” 25 At that all the people said in answer: “His blood come upon us and upon our children.”

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Answer 3

Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Galatians 3

10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

13Christ 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:

14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

1 Corinthians 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Answer 4

As the Son of Man yes, he was cursed by his own justice because he married us and the two flesh shall become one in a marriage we were condemned so by his marriage he was too. Thank God though that he was sinless and therefore able to go through death and rise again and because we are one with him we go through death to new life too!

Answer 5

HE took our sins and HE took our curses,,,He had every thing covered, if He didnt die on a tree or cross you would still be cursed,,,also look at every time he bled, and look at the number of lashes he took...you know by His stipes we are healed, science will tell you that they are that many classes of dieases they are.....seek seek and gbu

Answer 6

This is really dumb..

Jesus was not hung. Hanging is where you have a noose put around your neck which is tied to a tree branch or support.

Jesus was crucified which involves being tied or fixed to a stake or cross by one's hands. Sometimes crucifix victims are nailed by their feet, or given a plinth to stand on. Other times they are left dangling.

Anyway do not confuse hanging with Crucifixion. Jesus may have been left hanging on a tree (similar to hanging a coat on a hook), but he was not hung with a noose which is what your quote from Deuteronomy is refering to.

Answer 7

Easton's Biblical Dictionary, defines Crucifixion as: A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the Mosaic law were, by the sword (T0003642, 3.) Exodus 21), strangling, fire (T0003642, 3.) Leviticus 20), and stoning (T0003642, 3.) Deuteronomy 21).
Crucifixion was regarded as the most horrible form of death, and to a Jew it would acquire greater horror from the curse in Deuteronomy 21:23. (i.e., crosses were made with trees).

As an instrument of death the Roman cross would become as detested by the Jews. "Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree" (Galatians 3:13; compare Deuteronomy 21:23), hence, it became a stumbling-block to Jews, for how could one accursed of God be their Messiah? Nor was the cross differently considered by the Romans. "Let the very name of the cross be far away not only from the body of a Roman citizen, but even from his thoughts, his eyes, his ears" (Cicero Pro Rabirio).

In Apostle Paul's New Testament books the cross stands for the preaching of the doctrine of the Atonement (1Corinthians 1:18; Galatians 6:14; Phillip 3:18; Colossians 1:20). It expresses the bond of unity between the Jew and the Gentile (Ephesians 2:16), and between the believer and Christ, and also symbolizes sanctification (Galatians 5:24). The cross is the center and circumference of the preaching of the apostles and of the life of the New Testament church.

Early Jews had no knowledge and had never seen death by a cross. They had seen empires and rulers use impalement & hanging on trees, or with trees, but not until the Roman Empire did they see death by crucifixion made out of trees into crosses that were impaled in the ground, where the crucified usually hung for 3 days before they died, unless they were "assisted" in hastening their death by breaking their legs, a sword to the side, or a hammer blow under the armpit near the heart.

Mosaic law (Hebrew law) believed in the death penalty for certain crimes, but it was a speedy punishment. They did not believe nor approve of "slow, lingering death" that would not be accomplished and the person buried before the sun went down the same day.

I honestly believe, that the use of the Roman cross and a tree hanging were both repugnant to the Jew. The ancient Jews had seen hanging from a tree, but only later during the Roman Empire did a more Jews witness or hear about Romans using trees to make a cross and their predisposition of scourging & beating the guilty before forcing them to carry their cross to the area outside of the town where death punishments were carried out.

I think both references to hanging on a tree or cross were considered cruel and obscene, therefore interchangeable in speech and the person must be accursed of God.

YES, for that moment in time, Jesus was accursed by Almighty God. How else was Jesus to pay the price for all mankind's sin without bearing the burden & the punishment of ALL the sins of all mankind? How else could He have the right to descend into Hell and strip away the keys of death, hell, and the grace from Satan? But the third day, God not only restored Jesus to life to prove to Satan that He alone could do so and to prove to the people Jesus knew and loved and met while on Earth that everything Jesus said & promised was the absolute truth & they COULD believe it.

Yes, Jesus KNEW what He faced. He KNEW that if He willingly allowed Himself to arrested, He would not be treated justly by Mosiac, Hebrew Synod, & the Romans. He KNEW He would be tortured & beaten, mocked, sneered at, spit upon. He KNEW they would hang Him on the "accursed" cross, worse still, He KNEW in order to offer mankind the choice of eternal life through Him & saving them from eternal damnation, He would HAVE TO pay the price for ALL mankinds sins (not just Jews) but ALL mankind's sins against man and God. Jesus KNEW that God would be forced to unleash ALL His fury for ALL our sins upon His heart, soul, mind, and body. And Jesus ACCEPTED and ABSORBED all of God's fury, but when God Almighty saw what His fury did to His precious, innocent, sinless, blameless Son, & God then HAD to withdraw His comfort, His peace, His love, & His protection & The Holy Spirit from Jesus, and allow Jesus to be ALONE & BEAR the weight of the worlds' sins AND God's fury over them.

The sight of it was TOO much for God Almighty to bear & He turned His face from the sight. Despite the terror, horror, and pain of the scourging, the beating, the torture, Jesus never cried out against the pain. Despite being nailed to the cross, Jesus never cried out against the pain. Even with mankind's sin pounding in on Him, Jesus never cried out in pain, but when His Father took His comforting spirit away & turned His face away from Jesus...THAT was a pain beyond all pain imaginable and Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?!" Jesus' took one last breath, and said, "It is finished." then He died. Jesus should have suffered for days, but Jesus died in that moment of a "literal" broken heart.

Deuteronomy 21--which refers to (at that time an unthinkable, unknown,) was also prophetic about the Son Of God who was to come. And in Deuteronomy 23 is further prophesy that The Son of God would not suffer his legs to be broken although that would be a normal practice for the hastening of death by the Romans during crucifixion.)

Answer 8

(Romans 5:12) 12 That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned—.

(Romans 5:17) . . .For if by the trespass of the one [man] death ruled as king through that one, much more will those who receive the abundance of the undeserved kindness and of the free gift of righteousness rule as kings in life through the one [person], Jesus Christ. . .

God's law eye for eye is not revenge, but accountability, for him to restore man to perfection, he had to offer something of equal value

here's an example of how he bought the 1stt born (Numbers 3:40-4:3) . . .Then Jehovah said to Moses: “Register all the firstborn males of the sons of Israel from a month old upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And you must take the Levites for me—I am Jehovah—in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the domestic animals of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the domestic animals of the sons of Israel.” 42 And Moses proceeded, just as Jehovah had commanded him, to register all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of the names from a month old upward of their registered ones came to be twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. 44 And Jehovah continued to speak to Moses, saying: 45 “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the domestic animals of the Levites in place of their domestic animals; and the Levites must become mine. I am Jehovah. 46 And as the ransom price of the two hundred and seventy-three from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are in excess of the Levites, 47 you must take five shekels for each individual. In the shekel of the holy place you should take it. A shekel is twenty ge′rahs. 48 And you must give the money to Aaron and his sons as the ransom price of those who are in excess of them.” 49 So Moses took the money of the redemption price from those who were in excess of the ransom price of the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the shekel of the holy place. 51 Then Moses gave the money of the ransom price to Aaron and his sons according to the order of Jehovah, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 4 Jehovah now spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 “There will be a taking of the sum of the sons of Ko′hath from among the sons of Le′vi, according to their families in the house of their fathers, 3 from thirty years old upward to fifty years old, all those going into the service group to do the work in the tent of meeting.

this might be a little deep, but it shows his justness