brian rontin ID: 16a641 April 10, 2026, 6:17 a.m. No.24484983   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus was executed on a simple upright stake rather than a cross, asserting that the cross was promoted as a Christian symbol under the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great. Their New World Translation of the Bible translates the Greek word σταυρός (stauros) as "torture stake" and the term ξύλον (xylon) as "stake" in passages like Matthew 27:40 and 1 Peter 2:24–25.

brian rontin ID: 16a641 April 10, 2026, 6:19 a.m. No.24484990   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Symbolism: Witnesses reject the cross as a pagan symbol adopted by the church, while mainstream Christianity views it as the central symbol of the faith.

brian rontin ID: 16a641 April 10, 2026, 6:21 a.m. No.24484997   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Meaning of "Stauros": Jehovah's Witnesses argue that the Greek word stauros (σταυρός) primarily means an "upright stake" or "pole" in classical and Koine Greek, not a two-beamed cross. They cite sources like the Companion Bible and scholar E.W. Bullinger, who stated stauros never meant two pieces of timber placed crosswise. The New World Translation renders stauros as "torture stake" to reflect this primary meaning.