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Jehovah's Witnesses use the cross-vs-stake argument to undermine Christian Bible translations

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence. 00:01:01 – 00:02:35

The Watchtower organization teaches that Jesus died on a "torture stake" (single upright pole), not a cross. They use the Greek word stauros, which in its classical roots means an upright pole, to argue the Christian Bible mistranslates the word as "cross."

The JW argument: (1) stauros etymologically means upright pole/stake; (2) they cite Greek lexicons; (3) the implication is that the Bible is mistranslated; (4) and that if Christians are wrong on this basic fact, they may be wrong about other things too.
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2019-09-04

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