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General Information:
Paul is rebuking the Galatians by asking rhetorical questions.
Connecting Statement:
Paul reminds the believers in Galatia that God gave them his Spirit when they believed the gospel, not because they obeyed his law.
Who has put a spell on you?
Paul is using irony and a rhetorical question to say that the Galatians are acting as though someone has put a spell on them. He does not really believe that someone has put a spell on them. Alternate translation: "You behave as if someone has put a spell on you!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)
put a spell on you
"done magic on you" or "done witchcraft on you"
It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly displayed as crucified
Paul speaks of his clear teaching of Jesus being crucified as if he had put on public display a picture of Jesus being crucified. And he speaks of the Galatians having heard his teaching as if they had seen the picture. Alternate translation: "You yourselves heard the clear teaching about Jesus being crucified" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)