By Wesley Negron
Yes, 100%. You have to know a little history and linguistics though.
It was universally accepted for centuries, by both believers and secular historians that Jesus was crucified (on a cross). Then along came the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the 1870’s and they “discovered” that everyone had it all wrong all this time. And they’ve made it a focal point of their doctrine.
They make a lot of noise about the Greek word—STAUROS—that is translated CROSS in our English Bibles. STAUROS did originally mean POLE or STAKE in the centuries leading up to Christ’s birth.
The Greeks, during those times, didn’t have a word for CROSS, because they didn’t use CROSSES for execution. That was instituted by the Romans when conquering that region.
The Greeks had to adapt their language to come up with a word to describe this new method of execution. Instead of inventing a new word or taking a word from another language, they employed an existing word and gave it a new meaning. So STAUROS was used to refer to a CROSS, thus giving it a new meaning.
Scientists who study languages call this the DIACHRONIC development of languages.
So today, the Greek word STAUROS means CROSS.
That’s why if you look at any GREEK Church building, on top you will not see a stake. You’ll see what?
A CROSS.
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