meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
BibleThinker

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake? Here's the Evidence.

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

I've compiled historical evidence to respond to Jehovah's Witness claims that Jesus died on a "torture stake". We will look at the Greek word "stauros" and it's meaning, ancient images of the cross, historical documentation about the shape of Jesus' cross and give some time to examine how the Watchtower abuses sources to teach false things. Christianity does not stand or fall on the shape of the cross but it seems to me that the Watchtower does, and in this case, it falls. We only need a fraction of people to actually offer any financial support for this ministry. Please enjoy this content with NO obligation to ever give! If you are one of the few who has the ability and desire to partner in giving then please click here. https://biblethinker.org/index.php/donate You can order your own BibleThinker coffee mug here if you like. https://www.zockollpottery.com/product-page/bible-thinker-mug

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I'm Pastor Mike Winger and this is Bible Thinker the program dedicated to thinking

0:05.8

biblically about everything.

0:08.1

Did Jesus die on a stake or on a cross? This question which doesn't have a lot of theological

0:18.4

implications has actually become a kind of important question that Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses are asking

0:26.0

about and I want to really get to the bottom of it in today's live stream.

0:29.4

We're going to talk about like the details, the actual evidence, we're going to dig into the history of the issue the

0:34.8

language of the issue but I'm going to try to break it down in a very easy to follow fashion

0:39.8

and here we go this is the Tuesday live stream I'm Pastor Mike Winger and I do this every Tuesday.

0:45.2

We talk about theology and apologetics. If you like this kind of thing you might want to subscribe and check out the

0:50.4

YouTube channel. There are hundreds of hours of biblical teaching and apologetics

0:54.1

for absolutely free available on YouTube on podcast as well as on the Bible Thinker

0:59.7

app that you can find in your app store so it's's all free. It's just there to bless you in the

1:05.0

name of Jesus Christ. Let's dig into today's topic. Did Jesus die on a

1:09.4

steak or on a cross which one was it.

1:13.0

Now let me give you why this is a controversy in the first place.

1:17.0

So by the way, the cross would be like this shape, right?

1:20.0

The steak would just be a straight up and down pole of wood.

1:23.0

That would be the two options, as I've shown in the thumbnail for this video.

1:26.0

The Jehovah's Witnesses have made a really big deal about this doctrine,

1:31.0

and they've been taught, and notice I stress, they've been taught and notice I stress they've been

1:34.2

taught it's not like every Jehovah's Witness has invented their own theology

1:38.2

they're getting it from the watchtower which is the governing group who's

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mike Winger, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mike Winger and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.