You insist that it says "tree," and that HAS to mean "the tree of life," when it actually says "wood," and is truly more like "timber."
Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)
STRONGS G3586:
ξύλον, ξύλου, τό (from ξύω to scrape, plane), from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵץ;
1. wood: universally,
1 Corinthians 3:12; ξύλον θύϊνον,
Revelation 18:12; that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended, a gibbet, a cross (A. V. tree, which see in B. D. American edition),
Acts 5:30;
Acts 10:39;
Acts 13:29;
Galatians 3:13;
1 Peter 2:24 (עֵץ,
Genesis 40:19;
Deuteronomy 21:23;
Joshua 10:26;
Esther 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr. καλόν, ξυλοπεδη, ποδοκάκη, ποδοστράβη, Latinnervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew סַד, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (
Job 13:27);
Job 33:11; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (B. D., under the word )):
Acts 16:24 (Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37; Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705); a cudgel, stick, staff: plural,
Matthew 26:47,
55;
Mark 14:43,
48;
Luke 22:52 (Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180; Demosthenes, p. 645, 15; Polybius 6, 37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4; Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree: Luke 23:31 (Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 14:8, etc.); ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.