lies of Jehovah's Witnesses Jesus died on a cross

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Jehovah's Witnesses are adamant that Jesus died on a 'torture stake' and not a cross. They take Matthew 23:24 to a whole new level. For example, they make a big deal about such a topic, but then teach such things like Jesus is Michael the Archangel! There is more proof from the Bible that he died on a cross than there is for the torture stake. Some of the proof is listed below.

1. John 20:25 in the NWT says, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the NAILS". So there was more than 1 nail used for his hands. Hands stretched horizontally to the sides, as would be the case with a cross, would require more than 1 nail.
2. Matthew 27:37 in the NWT says, "They also posted ABOVE HIS HEAD the charge against him, in writing". Notice that it doesn't say 'above his hands' or 'above his arms'. Which would have been necessary if his arms were stretched vertically on a torture stake. Rather, it says "above his head" which is completely accurate if his arms were stretched horizontally on a cross.
3. John 19:19-20 in the NWT also gives us a clue. It says, "MANY OF THE JEWS READ THIS TITLE, because the place where Jesus was nailed to the stake was NEAR THE CITY, and it was WRITTEN IN HEBREW, IN LATIN, AND IN GREEK". These clues suggest that the sign was big. It is saying that many people read the sign since it was near the city and because it was in multiple languages. It wasn't some little sign that could only be read by the followers of Jesus, the religious rulers, and soldiers who were standing up close to Jesus. It was specifically made so that people in the nearby city or passerby to/from the city could read it. There would have been no point in making a sign in 3 languages only to have it read by the people who were up close to Jesus. So the sign had to be big enough to accomplish the goal of it being read by people of the city, which it sucessfully did according to the verse. It at least had to be big enough to adequately contain the phrase in 3 languages and not only 1. Since the sign had to be a good size, there probably would not have been enough room on the torture stake at the top above his vertically stretched arms. Not unless they had a custom-sized torture stake prepared for him in advance. Which would go against what the Bible says since Jesus was taken at night and he was sent to different locations before his death. The Bible implies that the circumstances leading to his death were in haste. Even the sign had to be prepared on the fly. They were not prepared for all this. So they certainly used the same standard length pieces of wood for Jesus as they did for everyone else. This theory lends evidence that Jesus died on a Cross with arms stretched horizontally. Only arms streteched horizontally would have left plenty of room at the top for the big sign!

The Jehovah's Witnesses consistently illustrate in their artwork Jesus having a single nail through his wrists. Not NAILS as John 20:25 states. Nowhere in scripture is the wrist ever mentioned in regards to the crucifixion of Jesus.
Also, notice how small the text in the sign is. A sign of this size would not be easily readable to anyone other than people standing directly in front of Jesus. The sign was probably much bigger to have more visibility. See point #3 above.

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More inaccurate artwork produced by the WatchTower. Notice in both images a single nail through the wrist. Not NAILS. And again, the wrist had nothing to do with this.
Also, notice again such a small sign. In reality, someone who would go to the trouble of having a sign made in 3 languages would not make the sign so small so that it would be hard to see. Also, notice on the left image how there is little room left at the top of the torture stake for a sign. See point #3 above.