N S B Notes: Stake or Cross?
New Simplified Bible Notes: Stake or Cross?
Stauroo: Impale, Stauros: Stake
The Greek verb used when the mob demanded that Jesus be impaled was “stauroo.” It means to impale a person by fastening him to an upright stake, or pole. The Greek word “stauros” means an upright stake or pole. Jesus Christ was fastened to the stake until he died. The New Simplified Bible uses the words impale and stake. The word cross is not in this translation because the Greek word stauros simply means a standing pole or tree trunk.
<> STAKE: The Greek word “stauros” is found nearly 50 times in the Bible. It is translated stake, pole, or tree. The following is a list of some of these verses:
GENESIS 40:19. 19 “In three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you. He will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”
DEUTERONOMY 21:22. “If a man commits a sin worthy of death and he is put to death. You hang him on a tree (stake).
DEUTERONOMY 21:23. “His corpse shall not hang all night on the tree (stake). Be sure to bury him the same day for he who is hanged is accursed of God. You do this so that you do not defile your land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance.
JOSHUA 8:29. He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening. As soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they take his carcass down from the tree and throw it at the entering gate of the city. They raised a large pile of rocks over it that is there to this day.
MATTHEW 10:38. “He who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me.
MATTHEW 16:24. Then Jesus told his disciples: “If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me.
MATTHEW 27:32. They then found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to go with them to carry the stake.
MATTHEW 27:40. “If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.”
MATTHEW 27:40. They said: “He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.”
MARK 8:34. He then spoke to both his disciples and the crowd. He said: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his stake and follow me.
MARK 15:21. Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus was passing by on the road. They compelled (forced) him to go with them, that he might carry his stake.
MARK 15:30 “save yourself, and come down from the stake!”
MARK 15:32 “Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down from the stake that we may see and believe him.” Those who were impaled with him also mocked him.
LUKE 9:23. He told them all: “If any man would come after me let him deny himself. Let him take up his stake (of self-denial) daily, and follow me.
LUKE 14:27. “Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples.
LUKE 23:26. They led him away. Simon of Cyrene was traveling from the country. They seized him and forced him to carry the stake for Jesus.
JOHN 19:17. They took Jesus bearing his own stake to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
JOHN 19:19. Pilate wrote a title and put it on the stake. There it was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
JOHN 19:25. Pilate wrote a title and put it on the stake. There it was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:17-18. Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news: not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Christ be emptied of its effect. 18 For the preaching of the stake is foolishness to those who perish. It is the power of God to us who are saved.
GALATIANS 3:13. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. It is written; “Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree.”
GALATIANS 5:11. 11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then has the stumbling block of the stake been done away?
GALATIANS 6:12. Those who desire to make a showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised. This is done so they may not be persecuted for the stake of Christ.
GALATIANS 6:14. Never should I boast except in the stake (symbolic: self-denial and atonement) of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is through this stake that the world has been impaled to me, and I to the world.
EPHESIANS 2:16. So he reconciled them both in one body to God through the stake. He put to death the enmity (antagonism) (hostility).
<> IMPALE: The root verb “stauroo” ocurs more than 40 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Verses where stauroo: ‘impale’ or ‘impaled’ or “put to death on the stake” are found:
Matthew 20:19. “They will turn him over to the heathen to be made sport of and to be whipped. He will be put to death on the stake. The third day he will come back from the dead.”
Matthew 26:2. “As you know, the Passover will be here in two days. At that time the Son of man will be captured and impaled.”
Matthew 27:22. Pilate said to them: “What am I to do with Jesus, the one called Christ?” They all said: “Put him to death. Impale him!”
Matthew 27:23. “What evil has he done?” Pilate asked. But they shouted: “Impale him!”
Matthew 27:26. He set Barabbas free. He had Jesus whipped. Then he commanded that he be put to death on the stake.
Matthew 27:35. When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.
Matthew 27:38. Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right hand and one on the left.
Matthew 27:44. The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
Matthew 28:5. The angel spoke to the women: “I know you seek Jesus who has been impaled; do not fear.
Mark 15:13-15. They cried out: “Impale him!” 14 Pilate said: “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Impale him!”15Wishing to please the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. Then he handed over Jesus. He was flogged and impaled.
Mark 15:20. After they mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to impale him.
Mark 15:24, 25. After impaling him, they divided his garments among themselves, casting lots for them. 25 It was the third hour. They impaled him.
Mark 15:27. They impaled two robbers with him, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
Mark 15:32. “Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down from the stake that we may see and believe him.” Those who were impaled with him also mocked him.
Mark 16:6. He said to them: “Do not be amazed. Jesus the Nazarene, who has been impaled, is not here. He has risen. Behold, the place where they laid him!
Luke 23:21. But they shouted, “Impale him! Impale him!”
Luke 23:23. But they were insistent and spoke in loud voices asking him to impale him. And they prevailed.
Luke 23:33. They came to the place called the skull. They impaled him and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
Luke 24:7. “He said the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be impaled, and the third day rise again.”
Luke 24:20. “The chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death. They impaled him!
John 19:6. When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out: “Impale him! Impale him!” Pilate replied: “Take him yourselves, and impale him for he has committed no crime!”
John 19:10. Pilate said: “Will you not speak to me? Do you know I have the power to release you and the power to impale you?”
John 19:15. They cried out: “Away with him, away with him, impale him!” Pilate asked: “Should I impale your King?” The chief priests answered: “We have no king but Caesar.”
John 19:20. This title was read by many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was impaled was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
John 19:23. After they impaled Jesus the soldiers took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier. The coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout
John 19:32. The soldiers broke the legs of the two who were impaled with him.
John 19:41. There was a garden at the place where he was impaled. It contained a new tomb where no one had been buried.
Acts 2:36. “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for sure that God has made that same Jesus, whom you impaled, both Lord and Christ.”
Acts 4:10. “Let it be known to you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you impaled and whom God raised from the dead, even by him this man stands before you healed.
Romans 6:6. We know this that our old self was impaled with him that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin.
1 Corinthians 1:13. Is Christ divided? Was Paul impaled for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:23. We preach Christ impaled. It is a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks!
1 Corinthians 2:2. I decided not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and his death on the torture stake.
1 Corinthians 2:8. None of the rulers of this age knew: for had they known it, they would not have impaled the Lord of glory.
2 Corinthians 13:4. Though he was impaled through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. We are weak through him also, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
Galatians 2:20. I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me.
Galatians 3:1. O foolish Galatians, who cast a spell over you, before whose eyes was Jesus Christ openly presented impaled?
Galatians 5:24. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Galatians 6:14. Never should I boast except in the stake (symbolic: self-denial and atonement) of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is through this stake that the world has been impaled to me, and I to the world.
Hebrews 6:6. if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. This is because they personally impale the Son of God again, and expose him to public shame.
Revelation 11:8. Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was impaled.
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