Bible Question:
WHY IS IT THAT THE CHURCH DENYS AND DISOBEYS THE FAITH? THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED UPON THE CROSS OF JESUS. THOSE WHO ARE BAPTISED ENTER INTO HIS DEATH AND RESURECTION. THEY ARE SEPERATED FROM THEIR FLESH AND RAISED TO A NEW LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. 1st JOHN 3:9( "WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; AND HE CANOT SIN BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD.") MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE ALL IGNORE THIS? |
Bible Answer: The Greek word rendered “cross” in many modern Bible versions (“torture stake” in NW) is stau·ros´. In classical Greek, this word meant merely an upright stake, or pale. Later it also came to be used for an execution stake having a crosspiece. The Imperial Bible-Dictionary acknowledges this, saying: “The Greek word for cross, [stau·ros´], properly signified a stake, an upright pole, or piece of paling, on which anything might be hung, or which might be used in impaling [fencing in] a piece of ground. . . . Even amongst the Romans the crux (from which our cross is derived) appears to have been originally an upright pole.” Was that the case in connection with the execution of God’s Son? It is noteworthy that the Bible also uses the word xy´lon to identify the device used. A Greek-English Lexicon, by Liddell and Scott, defines this as meaning: “Wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber, etc. . . . piece of wood, log, beam, post . . . cudgel, club . . . stake on which criminals were impaled . . . of live wood, tree.” It also says “in NT, of the cross,” and cites Acts 5:30 and 10:39 as examples Thus the weight of the evidence indicates that Jesus died on an upright stake and not on the traditional cross. To get more Bible questions answered, copy and past following link. http://www.watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm |