do you guys believe that Jesus died on the cross?

Question

taking a survey for my church..

Answer 1

Jesus is alive according to the Quran, for the Qur'an relates:

They [unbelievers] planned and God planned. But God is the best of planners. (Surah Al 'Imran, 3:54)

As the verses reveal, they plotted and moved to kill Jesus. However, their plot failed and they ended up killing a look-alike. During this event, God raised Jesus up to His presence:

And [on account of] their saying: "We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Messenger of God." They did not kill him and they did not crucify him, but it was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him. God raised him to Himself. God is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat An-Nisa', 4:157-158)

The reality revealed in the verses is clear. The Romans, abetted by some Jews' agitation, attempted to kill Jesus but did not succeed. The expression "but it was made to seem so to them" reveals this fact. God showed them a look-alike and raised Jesus up to His presence. Our Lord also reveals that those who made that claim had no knowledge of the truth.

Examining the words used in the narratives relating how the Prophets died and the verses dealing with Jesus' ascent to God's presence reveals an important fact: Jesus did not die like the other prophets did, nor was he murdered by the unbelievers. Rather, our Lord took him up to His presence.

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http://www.jesuswillreturn.com/s1_4.html

Answer 2

Yes, but not for the same reason most churches teach. take religion out of the picture, Jesus was a spiritually enlightened man who was condemned for his beliefs. The church despised him because he taught the people that they didn't need an institutionalized building filled with rules, regulations, and expenses to learn and grow. Which is precisely what the church is.... its sad to say but Jesus was a conflict of interest for the church at the time. Modern day Christianity has over emphasized the whole thing.

Answer 3

No matter what is said about Jesus, there is historical documents proving the existence of Christ! And I do believe that Jesus died on the cross! Jesus was crucified, he died, and he rose again! There's no doubt in my mind that that happened! And I'm not closed minded, I have explored options, but I found this to be the one and only truth!

Answer 4

NO, I most certainly do not

The King James Bible says Jesus was put to death on a tree.

Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts 13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Michelangelo and the Cross

Italian government art experts are said to be “90 percent sure” that a sculpture recently found in a monastery in Lebanon is the work of the famous Italian artist Michelangelo. The small wooden carving is said to be worth $2.5 million (U.S.) if it actually is Michelangelo’s work. According to an Associated Press report, “the figure is unusual because it represents Christ with his hands stretched out above his head instead of to the side, as he usually is depicted on the cross.”

Whether the wooden sculpture is the work of the 16th-century artist Michelangelo or not, it illustrates that the impalement of Christ on a cross frame has not always been so certain as Christendom’s leaders today would have people believe. For example, the 16th-century Roman Catholic scholar Justus Lipsius illustrated impalement on an upright stake in his book “De Cruce Liber Primus.” This fits the meaning of the Greek word used in the Bible to describe the impalement of Christ—“stauros”—which “denotes, primarily, an upright pale or stake.”—“An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.

Jesus Christ did not die on a cross. The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros'. It basically means “an upright pale or stake.” The Companion Bible points out: “[Stau·ros'] never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle . . . There is nothing in the Greek of the [New Testament] even to imply two pieces of timber.”

In several texts, Bible writers use another word for the instrument of Jesus’ death. It is the Greek word xy'lon. (Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24) This word simply means “timber” or “a stick, club, or tree.”

Explaining why a simple stake was often used for executions, the book Das Kreuz und die Kreuzigung (The Cross and the Crucifixion), by Hermann Fulda, states: “Trees were not everywhere available at the places chosen for public execution. So a simple beam was sunk into the ground. On this the outlaws, with hands raised upward and often also with their feet, were bound or nailed.”

The most convincing proof of all, however, comes from God’s Word. The apostle Paul says: “Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: ‘Accursed is every man hanged upon a stake [“a tree,” King James Version].’” (Galatians 3:13) Here Paul quotes Deuteronomy 21:22, 23, which clearly refers to a stake, not a cross. Since such a means of execution made the person “a curse,” it would not be proper for Christians to decorate their homes with images of Christ impaled.

There is no evidence that for the first 300 years after Christ’s death, those claiming to be Christians used the cross in worship. In the fourth century, however, pagan Emperor Constantine became a convert to apostate Christianity and promoted the cross as its symbol. Whatever Constantine’s motives, the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The cross is, in fact, pagan in origin. The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures.” Various other authorities have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.

Answer 5

Another way the Romans killed people back then was to firmly bind a dead body to you untill you die as well.
Yes it is proven that Jesus died on a cross. Many were also crucified as well. Some of the disciples died as well by crucifixion.

Answer 6

No Jesus did not die on the cross.Jesus was saved by Allah Almighty by replacing him with other people much like Jesus.His friends (students/followers) did not know who was crucified..At that time they ran away because they were affraid..Jesus will come again into the earth some years before the day of resurrection.Jesus will tell to all of his followers that they should embraced Islam the most updated religion ,if they want to be saved and go into heaven.

Answer 7

Yes, I believe that He Physically Died on the Cross, & that He Physically Rose again on the Third Day.

I believe that His Death on the Cross was for the atonement for the sins of the world.

Answer 8

yes jesus died for are sins on the cross
god sent his son to die in are place he paid for are sins so we wouldn't have to all you have to do is believe that jesus died on the cross for are sins an arose on the third day an ask him to forgive us for are sins
an believe that he did all that for you an you will be saved [ for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life john 3:16 ]
an he is alive an well an he's coming back to take his children home to all that believe!

Answer 9

No, he was substituted for another and didn’t die. This is why some people saw him later. Jesus continued to teach his disciples for 14 years after the “crucifixion.” Another thing that people misunderstood was when he was talking about the dead rising. But he only meant rising from spiritual death (“let the dead bury their own dead”). Jesus resurrected spiritually, not physically. Mainstream Christianity is based on myths.

Answer 10

Yes