truly nailed to a tree Tree is not expressed in the Greek: but seems to be implied by the fruit in the next sentence, though the exact meaning of the passage is obscure. in the flesh tor our sakes under Pontius Pilate and Herod the Tetrarch, (and of its fruit are we from his divinely blessed Passion) that he might set up an ensign for all ages through his Resurrection, for his saints and believers, whether among the Jews, or among the heathen, in one body of his Church.