{"id":10593,"date":"2017-04-04T07:52:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2017-04-04T07:52:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:52:22","slug":"shape-yeshuas-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/shape-yeshuas-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"What Shape Was Yeshua&#8217;s Cross?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/shape-yeshuas-cross\/cross-nailed-to-16957864-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10594\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cross-nailed-to-16957864.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cross-nailed-to-16957864.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cross-nailed-to-16957864-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>John 20:25,<i> Nails.<\/i><\/b> The Greek word for nail is in its plural form. The plurality of the word nails is corroborated by the fact that all the major English translation of the NT whether from both the Alexandrian or Byzantine texts contain the Greek word <i>helon<\/i> (nails, plural) as opposed to <i>helos<\/i> (nail, singular). This is the case in the Aramaic NT as well (see the translations of Ethridge and Murdock, for example). William Mounce whose Koine Greek grammar book is used in the majority of seminaries in the U.S. in his Greek and English Interlinear NT designates this word as in the genitive case, plural form and masculine gender.<\/p>\n<p>What is the point here? Yeshua was crucified on a standard t-shaped cross, not on an upright stake minus its cross arm. 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