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  • Acts 5:30
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a stake.*+

  • Acts 5:30
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 30 ὁ The θεὸς God τῶν of the πατέρων fathers ἡμῶν of us ἤγειρεν raised up Ἰησοῦν, Jesus, ὃν whom ὑμεῖς YOU διεχειρίσασθε manhandled κρεμάσαντες having hanged ἐπὶ upon ξύλου· wood;

  • Acts 5:30
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 30 The God of our forefathers raised+ up Jesus, whom YOU slew, hanging him upon a stake.*+

  • Acts 5:30
    The Bible in Living English
    • 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you made away with by hanging him on a tree;

  • Acts 5:30
    American Standard Version
    • 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.

  • Acts 5:30
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 30 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus,—whom ye got into your hands, suspending him upon a tree:—

  • Acts 5:30
    King James Version
    • 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 5:30 w87 8/15 23

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:30 g74 9/22 28; w64 115, 395; g63 4/8 28; w58 510

  • Acts
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:30

      The Watchtower,

      8/15/1987, p. 23

      7/1/1964, pp. 394-395

      2/15/1964, pp. 114-116

      8/15/1958, pp. 510-511

      Awake!,

      9/22/1974, p. 28

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:30

      a stake: Or “a tree.” The Greek word xyʹlon (lit., “wood”) is here used as a synonym for the Greek word stau·rosʹ (rendered “torture stake”) and describes the instrument of execution to which Jesus was nailed. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, Luke, Paul, and Peter used the word xyʹlon in this sense five times altogether. (Ac 5:30; 10:39; 13:29; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:24) In the Septuagint, xyʹlon is used at De 21:22, 23 to translate the corresponding Hebrew word ʽets (meaning “tree; wood; piece of wood”) in the sentence “and you have hung him on a stake.” When Paul quotes this scripture at Ga 3:13, xyʹlon is used in the sentence: “Accursed is every man hung upon a stake.” This Greek word is also used in the Septuagint at Ezr 6:11 (1 Esdras 6:31, LXX) to translate the Aramaic word ʼaʽ, corresponding to the Hebrew term ʽets. There it is said regarding violators of a Persian king’s decree: “A timber will be pulled out of his house and he will be lifted up and fastened to it.” The fact that Bible writers used xyʹlon as a synonym for stau·rosʹ provides added evidence that Jesus was executed on an upright stake without a crossbeam, for that is what xyʹlon in this special sense means.

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