Re: Jesus crucified or pole-ified?
Michael P. Hughes (michael@mail.advertisnet.com)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 23:52:27 +0000
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> Jehova's Witnesses claim Jesus was not nailed to a cross, but a pole. Any
> truth to this? They have a whole chapter in their bible explaining why they
> use 'pole' instead of 'cross' in their translations, so it's too much to
> list here. I already did once in a Norwegian newsgroup, but nobody seems to
> know.
>
> Also, what does the word ksy'lon mean? This is used somewhere in the
> explanation, but it doesn't say what it means, only where it is used.
Actually I guess that technically it would be a "pole".....with a
cross piece.
Michael P. Hughes