“[The record of debt] he set aside, nailing it to the Cross.” (Colossians 2:13-14)
What exactly was the “record of debt” St Paul mentions in Sunday’s second reading? Literally, the word means a “handwritten document”, and in the ancient world it usually referred to what a debtor wrote to record his debt.
One possible interpretation is to link this with the notice fixed to Jesus's cross: “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” Pilate ordered this notice to show why Jesus had been crucified: he was a king, something the Romans could not tolerate.
