if Not then why do christians wear a cross? and as parts of the bible say not to use images in worship, why are there so many of them in churches?
2006-11-20 03:50:23 · 18 answers · asked by Nigi-magic 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Cross is mentioned in some translations in others its refered to as stake!
2006-11-20 03:54:54 · update #1
The Cross is mentioned in some translations in others its refered to as stake!
2006-11-20 03:56:05 · update #2
The Greek word generally translated “cross” is stau·ros′. It basically means an upright pale or stake.
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)
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.”
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2006-11-20 04:20:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your right, the word crux came from the Latin. Not the original language it was first penned in. The word used to for the sticks the arresting officers & priests held when when they arrested Jesus is the same word used for the torture stake he died on. And yes it is IDOLITRY WORSHIP to wear a cross.........sorry all you christains out there but its true.
The reason why all the churches use the cross is because they are all very miss lead READ MATTHEW 7:21-23...So you can see what Jesus thinks of those who worship him without reading the word of God and letting tradition or the crowd dictate how to act. :o)
2006-11-20 04:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Supersammy :o) 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Translation in the English alphabet: 'stauros', indicates cross, while the word 'xylon' indicates a stake or tree.
The patibulum on cross beam fastened to the upright stake would be carried by the prisoner after being scourged.
The most likely source of the misinfomation was that Jesus' cross was falling apart because of the idiotic carpenters who built it and he angrily tells them how to do it correctly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian
2006-11-20 04:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The christian organised religion is based on images.
There is little evidence that the historic Jesus, if that was his name, ever died on anything, other than old age.
When you read myths there are no absolute truths, this is the nature of a book called the bible. Full of contradictions.
Churches, well man worships the things he has made. Ipod, fast cars, clever argument and oh yes the idea of a supreme being, according to the Jews!
2006-11-20 04:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by sotu 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Errrm, i don't think anyone can answer that completely unless they were there as it happened a very long time ago and there isn't any real evidence. Its possible. It says not to worship images. Not to use images in worship would mean no pictures or anything in churches and so on. It would make life very difficult indeed.
2006-11-20 03:56:35 · answer #5 · answered by Bacon 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is true some versions do translate differently, however, Jesus did say take up thy cross, and follow me...so there was somethin about a cross in there!!!
2006-11-20 04:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Resolution 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He died on a cross. This is because he was an enemy of the state of Rome and the Romans executed enemies of the state this way routinely. If he was an enemy of the Pharisees, then he would have been stoned.
2006-11-20 03:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is almost certainly true, but what does it matter?
It is a detail. Just because someone dies on a cross or a stake, it doesn't mean they are the son of god, does it?
2006-11-20 03:54:15 · answer #8 · answered by PSAF 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Then you were told wrong, weren't you?
Uhhh...it's called "cruci" (on a cross) fixion - NOT "Stake-a-fiction"
Any "translation" that translates the clear Greek as "stake" is no translation at all....it's a total fraud. Yes, especially the so-called "New World Translation - which is a total perversion....written by people who have no basic translation skills - and who read neither Greek nor Hebrew.
2006-11-20 03:54:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I doubt that:
Matt 27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Not that the bible is perfect, it can't even agree on what his last words were....
2006-11-20 03:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋