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1 Pet 2:24 – Did Christ pay the penalty for our sins prior to the cross?

1 Pet 2:24 – Did Christ pay the penalty for our sins prior to the cross?

Did the Saviour Pay the Penalty for our Sins Prior to the Cross?

A common teaching of Reformed men is that the Lord’s death on the cross was not the only place where sin’s penalty was paid. They connect the payment of this penalty with our Lord’s sufferings apart from and prior to Calvary’s cross. They often point to the Lord’s sufferings in the Garden of Gethsemane as being a time when the Lord Jesus was suffering as the Divine Substitute for man’s sins.

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Gal 3:13 – Was Jesus crucified on a tree, cross or a stake?

Gal 3:13 – Was Jesus crucified on a tree, cross or a stake?

Problem: The word xylon denoted both a tree and a cross figuratively (being made out of wood). This is clearly the case here with Paul, who in Galatians 3:13 refers to the cross as a xylon, yet in other places obviously acknowledges a belief that Jesus was crucified on a cross (stauros) and not a physical tree (e.g. Galatians 5:11, 6:12, Philippians 2:8, 3:18, etc).

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