And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.

1. Peter now brings in himself. Peter did not just read about these things. He was a witness.

2. Read 2 Peter 1:16-21. These are not fictitious stories. They are not fables. Peter was there. He was an "eye witness" to these events.

3. Jesus was crucified.

4. He was hung on a "tree." The word here means a beam made of wood and used as the cross beam for a cross. It also was used of a fetter or shackle for hands or feet.

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