Most I meet
would, without hesitation, answer an emphatic “yes.” Back in 2010, a graduate
of the Swedish university Goteburgs wrote
his thesis on his
research analyzing what “writings in antiquity” revealed about the subject. It
was a 400-page thesis and is no longer available in whole.
In
essence, his research concluded that there is no specific evidence that a
cross-beam was used in Roman punishment around the period that Jesus lived on earth. He further concludes that the closest,
most accurate English rendering of the Greek term “stauros” is a device used to
suspend something or someone. This conclusion is interesting because it has
been a long-held belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus died, not on a cross
(cross-beam), but
on a pole.
Here are
some links regarding the original articles:
(The above
links were emailed to me in November 2013, hence the delay in sharing this.)
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