Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
<b>'AlShamms' </b>
Quote:If that were the instructions being given, it would have stated "of you". This is merely speculation on your part.
So you don't see any speculations on Bible's translators part who add their own words in brackets to suite their own beliefs, and my 2 words which could be true you cannot swollow?
Quote:As far as Stauros is concerned, there are many types of this object used for torture.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon states:
2a) a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves
McClintock & Strong's Cyclopedia states:
The crux simplex, or mere stake “of one single piece without transom,” was probably the original of the rest. Sometimes it was merely driven through the man’s chest, but at other times it was driven longitudinally coming out at the mouth, a method of punishment called infixio. The afixio consisted merely of tying the criminal to the stake from which he hung by his arms.
The crux decussata is in the shape of the Greek letter X.
The crux commissa was in the shape of a T. This shape is often alluded to as “the mystical Tau”.
The crux immissa (or Latin cross) differed from the former by the projection of the upright post above the transverse beam. That this was the kind of cross on which our Lord died is obvious (among other reasons) from the mention of the “title” (q.v.), as placed above our Lord’s head...it is repeatedly found on the coins and columns of Constantine.
We can see from the above that there were a few types of "crosses" used for torture, the last being the one used to crucify Christ.
I've provided the source from the <b>CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURE </b>itself, YOUR NT, and they said NO EVIDENCE that this word mean cross... i can't imagine the fights of Christian groups even over the meaning of a simple word.
Quote:As for what Christ commanded his disciples, in the same book of Matthew a little further on, after Christ was crucified and rose on the third day we read:
as for baptizing all nations, hold it for a while, i will respond to that later as i have to go now... Take care and Salam.
Wael.
BTW... My apology to refer to the HG as SHE.