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Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence. 00:06:09 – 00:07:39

The Watchtower's Insight on the Scriptures (Vol. 1) quotes Douglas's New Bible Dictionary (1985, p. 253) on stauros to support the torture-stake claim. Winger reads the actual quote the Watchtower uses.

Watchtower quote: "The Greek word for cross stauros means primarily an upright stake or beam and secondarily a stake used as an instrument for punishment and execution." They stop the quote there — but the same source goes on to describe multiple shapes of crosses.
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2019-09-04

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