By: Norbert Sykes
To: George Mooth
Re: The Cross
George Mooth > Elliott Finesse : The Cross
EF>I have a worse shock in store for you. There are NO CROSSES IN
EF>CHRISTIANITY! There are no crosses ANYWHERE in the Bible. Look at the
EF>original Greek and it translates to "upright pale or stake."
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GM> According to Strongs definition of "cross":
GM> 4716 stauros {stow-ros'}
GM> from the base of 2476; TDNT - 7:572,1071; n m
GM> AV - cross (28)
GM> 1) an upright stake, esp. a pointed one
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It sure looks to me as though your definition (or, more precisely,
Strong's) agrees with Elliott's.
EF>Does the fraud and deceit ever end?
GM> I guess that's up to you.
So what's the problem?