554 results ( Located in the same paragraph Located in the same sentence Located in the same paragraph Located in the same article ). Sorted by most occurrences Sorted by most occurrences Sorted by date, newest first Cross Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1 Cross Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2016 Cross Reasoning From the Scriptures Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? (40 occurrences) Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? ... “THE cross,” says one encyclopedia, “is the most familiar symbol of Christianity.” w11 3/1 pp. 18-20 - The Watchtower—2011 Cross (30 occurrences) Cross ... Definition: The device on which Jesus Christ was executed is referred to by most of Christendom as a cross. rs pp. 89-93 - Reasoning (rs) The King Refines His People Spiritually (26 occurrences) Should Christians Use the Cross? ... 12. For many years, how did the Bible Students view the cross? 12 For many years, the Bible Students viewed the cross as an acceptable symbol of Christianity. kr chap. 10 pp. 100-107 - God’s Kingdom Rules! (kr) Cross-Country Skiing—Is It for You? (25 occurrences) Cross-Country Skiing—Is It for You? ... “LANGLÄUFER LEBEN LÄNGER”—“Cross-country skiers live longer.” g01 10/8 pp. 24-27 - Awake!—2001 Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship (17 occurrences) Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship ... THE cross is loved and respected by millions of people. bh pp. 204-206 - Bible Teach (bh) Deuteronomy (17 occurrences) 13 Now go and cross over the Valley* of Zeʹred.’ So we crossed over the Valley* of Zeʹred.+ ... 18 “I then gave you this command: ‘Jehovah your God has given you this land to take possession of it. All your valiant men will take up arms and cross over before your brothers, the Israelites.+ nwt Deuteronomy 1:1-34:12 - New World Translation (nwt) Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? (15 occurrences) Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? ... THE cross is one of the most recognizable religious symbols known to man. g 4/06 pp. 12-13 - Awake!—2006 Impalement (13 occurrences) This is because of the common belief that the torture instrument upon which he was hung was a “cross” made of two pieces of wood instead of a single pale, or stake. ... Tradition, not the Scriptures, also says that the condemned man carried only the crossbeam of the cross, called the patibulum, or antenna, instead of both parts. it-1 pp. 1190-1192 - Insight, Volume 1 Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Not Use the Cross in Worship? (13 occurrences) Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Not Use the Cross in Worship? ... However, they do not believe that Jesus died on a cross, as is often depicted in traditional pictures. w08 3/1 p. 22 - The Watchtower—2008 The Cross (10 occurrences) The Cross ... Many people view the cross as the symbol of Christianity. g17 no. 2 pp. 14-15 - Awake!—2017 Endnotes (9 occurrences) 15 THE CROSS ... When true Christians worship God, they do not use the cross. bhs pp. 207-223 - Teach Us (bhs) Deuteronomy (9 occurrences) 13 ‘Now forward, and cross Zered Arroyo.’ And we crossed Zered Arroyo. ... 24 ‘Forward, march, and cross Arnon Arroyo: see, I have given into your hands King Sihon of Heshbon the Amorite, and his country. Begin taking possession, and challenge him to battle. by Deuteronomy 1:1-34:12 - Byington Religions, Customs, and Beliefs (8 occurrences) Cross ... Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship Bible Teach, Appendix rsg17 pp. 127-133 - Research Guide—2017 2 Samuel (7 occurrences) 22 At that David said to Itʹtai:+ “Go and cross over.” So Itʹtai the Gitʹtite crossed over, together with all his men and children. ... 16 Now quickly send word to David and warn him: ‘Do not stay at the fords* of the wilderness tonight, but cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him may be wiped out.’”*+ nwt 2 Samuel 1:1-24:25 - New World Translation (nwt) 3C “Torture Stake” (7 occurrences) There is no evidence that the Greek word stau·rosʹ here meant a cross such as the pagans used as a religious symbol for many centuries before Christ. ... Both the noun and the verb stauroō, to fasten to a stake or pale, are originally to be distinguished from the ecclesiastical form of a two beamed cross. int pp. 1149-1151 - Kingdom Interlinear Isaiah (6 occurrences) 2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland. The merchants from Siʹdon+ who cross the sea have filled you. ... 6 Cross over to Tarʹshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! nwt Isaiah 1:1-66:24 - New World Translation (nwt) Numbers (6 occurrences) 5 They continued: “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this be the land given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” ... 27 but your servants will cross over, every man armed for battle to wage war before Jehovah,+ just as my lord is speaking.” nwt Numbers 1:1-36:13 - New World Translation (nwt) Moldova (6 occurrences) But they became incensed when former members of their church, having learned Bible truth, refused to make the sign of the cross and to have their infants baptized. ... She recalls: “My father had explained to us children that it was unscriptural to make the sign of the cross. yb04 pp. 66-133 - Yearbook—2004 Deuteronomy (6 occurrences) 24 “‘GET up, pull away and cross the torrent valley of Arʹnon.+ See, I have given into your hand Siʹhon+ the king of Heshʹbon, the Amʹor·ite. So start to take possession of his land, and engage in war with him. ... 21 “And Jehovah got incensed at me on YOUR account,+ so that he swore that I should not cross the Jordan or go into the good land that Jehovah your God is giving you as an inheritance.+ Rbi8 Deuteronomy 1:1-34:12 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) Introduction (6 occurrences) This 1984 revised edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures richly enhances accurate Bible knowledge by means of several distinctive features such as the marginal (cross) references, an extensive footnote apparatus, a concordance (Bible Words Indexed) and an appendix. ... At times this has imposed a restriction upon word choice, but it aids in cross-reference work and in comparing related texts. Rbi8 pp. 6-12 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) 2 Samuel (6 occurrences) 22 At that David said to Itʹtai:+ “Go and cross over.” So Itʹtai the Gitʹtite crossed over, and also all his men and all the little ones that were with him. ... 16 And now send speedily and tell David,+ saying, ‘Do not lodge in the desert plains of the wilderness tonight, but you also ought to cross over without fail,+ for fear that the king and all the people that are with him may be swallowed+ up.’”* Rbi8 2 Samuel 1:1-24:25 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) Matthew (6 occurrences) 18 For I tell you verily, till the heavens and the earth pass away, not the dot of an i nor the cross of a t in the law shall pass away, till everything is done. ... 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. by Matthew 1:1-28:20 - Byington 1 Samuel (5 occurrences) 14 One day Jonʹa·than+ the son of Saul said to the attendant carrying his weapons: “Come and let us cross over to the Phi·lisʹtine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. ... 4 Now between the passages that Jonʹa·than was trying to cross over to reach the outpost of the Phi·lisʹtines, there was a toothlike crag on one side and a toothlike crag on the other side; the name of the one was Boʹzez, and the name of the other was Seʹneh. nwt 1 Samuel 1:1-31:13 - New World Translation (nwt) How to Do Research (5 occurrences) Check the Cross-References. ... Some Bibles have cross-references. be pp. 33-38 - Ministry School (be) Isaiah (5 occurrences) 6 Cross over to Tarʹshish; howl, YOU inhabitants of the coastland. ... 10 Cross over your land like the Nile River, O daughter of Tarʹshish.+ There is no shipyard any longer.+ Rbi8 Isaiah 1:1-66:24 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) Matthew (5 occurrences) 38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ... 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. bi22 Matthew 1:1-28:20 - American Standard Version Matthew (5 occurrences) 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. ... 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. bi10 Matthew 1:1-28:20 - King James Version Mark (5 occurrences) 34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ... 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. bi10 Mark 1:1-16:20 - King James Version Cross (4 occurrences) CROSS ... “cross and crown” symbol: yb15 174; kr 104; jv 200 dx86-16 - Index 1986-2016 Torture Stake (4 occurrences) The book The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons, states: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it consisted, not of one piece of timber, but of two pieces nailed together in the form of a cross. . . . it is not a little misleading upon the part of our teachers to translate the word stauros as ‘cross’ when rendering the Greek documents of the Church into our native tongue, and to support that action by putting ‘cross’ in our lexicons as the meaning of stauros without carefully explaining that that was at any rate not the primary meaning of the word in the days of the Apostles, did not become its primary signification till long afterwards, and became so then, if at all, only because, despite the absence of corroborative evidence, it was for some reason or other assumed that the particular stauros upon which Jesus was executed had that particular shape.”—London, 1896, pp. 23, 24. it-2 pp. 1116-1117 - Insight, Volume 2 Joshua (4 occurrences) 2 “Moses my servant is dead.+ Now get up, cross the Jordan, you and all this people, and go into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.+ ... 11 “Pass throughout the camp and give this command to the people, ‘Get provisions ready, because in three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you to possess.’”+ nwt Joshua 1:1-24:33 - New World Translation (nwt) Judges (4 occurrences) 28 Then he said to them: “Follow me, because Jehovah has given your enemies, the Moʹab·ites, into your hand.” So they followed him and captured the fords of the Jordan against the Moʹab·ites, and they did not allow anyone to cross. ... 9 The Amʹmon·ites would also cross the Jordan to fight against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Eʹphra·im; and Israel was greatly distressed. nwt Judges 1:1-21:25 - New World Translation (nwt) Terezín Fortress—Unable to Prevent Suffering (4 occurrences) During World War II, in 1944 and 1945, representatives of the International Red Cross were invited to inspect the main fortress to see firsthand what was going on. ... Afterward, Red Cross representatives were invited for a guided tour. g 3/12 pp. 18-20 - Awake!—2012 Lands of the Former Yugoslavia (4 occurrences) Their cross-cultural accord is the product of loyalty to a superior government—God’s Kingdom. ... Although physical food did not cross the barricades that isolated the town, our brothers were able to receive some spiritual food. yb09 pp. 142-255 - Yearbook—2009 True Freedom for the Maya (4 occurrences) Rebel leaders used as a rallying point an oracle called the Speaking Cross, a cross through which a ventriloquist preached war to the death. w08 12/1 pp. 13-15 - The Watchtower—2008 Watching the World (4 occurrences) Red Cross Called to Task ... Shortly following the September 11 attacks, the American Red Cross was on the scene, soliciting donations of cash and blood. g02 8/22 pp. 28-29 - Awake!—2002 Jehovah Profanes the Pride of Tyre (4 occurrences) They are invited to flee to distant Tarshish for refuge and are commanded to make a noisy expression of their grief: “Cross over to Tarshish; howl, you inhabitants of the coastland.”—Isaiah 23:6. ... 16, 17. What will happen to the inhabitants of Tyre when the city falls? (See footnote.) 16 Isaiah continues Jehovah’s condemnation of Tyre: “Cross over your land like the Nile River, O daughter of Tarshish. ip-1 chap. 19 pp. 244-258 - Isaiah’s Prophecy I (ip-1) Index (4 occurrences) cross, 90, 91 ... Cross, Jesus’ death, 89, 90 rs pp. 439-445 - Reasoning (rs) 1 Samuel (4 occurrences) 14 And it came about one day that Jonʹa·than+ the son of Saul proceeded to say to the attendant carrying his weapons: “Do come and let us cross over to the outpost of the Phi·lisʹtines who are across over there.” But to his father he did not tell it.+ ... 4 Now between the passages that Jonʹa·than looked for to cross over against the outpost+ of the Phi·lisʹtines there was a toothlike crag* here on this side and a toothlike crag there on that side, and the name of the one was Boʹzez and the name of the other was Seʹneh. Rbi8 1 Samuel 1:1-31:13 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) 5C “Torture Stake” (4 occurrences) There is no evidence that the Greek word stau·rosʹ here meant a cross such as the pagans used as a religious symbol for many centuries before Christ. ... “Cross” is only a later meaning of crux. Rbi8 pp. 1577-1578 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) 12345
Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? ... “THE cross,” says one encyclopedia, “is the most familiar symbol of Christianity.”
Cross ... Definition: The device on which Jesus Christ was executed is referred to by most of Christendom as a cross.
Should Christians Use the Cross? ... 12. For many years, how did the Bible Students view the cross? 12 For many years, the Bible Students viewed the cross as an acceptable symbol of Christianity.
Cross-Country Skiing—Is It for You? ... “LANGLÄUFER LEBEN LÄNGER”—“Cross-country skiers live longer.”
Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship ... THE cross is loved and respected by millions of people.
13 Now go and cross over the Valley* of Zeʹred.’ So we crossed over the Valley* of Zeʹred.+ ... 18 “I then gave you this command: ‘Jehovah your God has given you this land to take possession of it. All your valiant men will take up arms and cross over before your brothers, the Israelites.+
Did Jesus Really Die on a Cross? ... THE cross is one of the most recognizable religious symbols known to man.
This is because of the common belief that the torture instrument upon which he was hung was a “cross” made of two pieces of wood instead of a single pale, or stake. ... Tradition, not the Scriptures, also says that the condemned man carried only the crossbeam of the cross, called the patibulum, or antenna, instead of both parts.
Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Not Use the Cross in Worship? ... However, they do not believe that Jesus died on a cross, as is often depicted in traditional pictures.
13 ‘Now forward, and cross Zered Arroyo.’ And we crossed Zered Arroyo. ... 24 ‘Forward, march, and cross Arnon Arroyo: see, I have given into your hands King Sihon of Heshbon the Amorite, and his country. Begin taking possession, and challenge him to battle.
22 At that David said to Itʹtai:+ “Go and cross over.” So Itʹtai the Gitʹtite crossed over, together with all his men and children. ... 16 Now quickly send word to David and warn him: ‘Do not stay at the fords* of the wilderness tonight, but cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him may be wiped out.’”*+
There is no evidence that the Greek word stau·rosʹ here meant a cross such as the pagans used as a religious symbol for many centuries before Christ. ... Both the noun and the verb stauroō, to fasten to a stake or pale, are originally to be distinguished from the ecclesiastical form of a two beamed cross.
2 Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland. The merchants from Siʹdon+ who cross the sea have filled you. ... 6 Cross over to Tarʹshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
5 They continued: “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this be the land given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” ... 27 but your servants will cross over, every man armed for battle to wage war before Jehovah,+ just as my lord is speaking.”
But they became incensed when former members of their church, having learned Bible truth, refused to make the sign of the cross and to have their infants baptized. ... She recalls: “My father had explained to us children that it was unscriptural to make the sign of the cross.
24 “‘GET up, pull away and cross the torrent valley of Arʹnon.+ See, I have given into your hand Siʹhon+ the king of Heshʹbon, the Amʹor·ite. So start to take possession of his land, and engage in war with him. ... 21 “And Jehovah got incensed at me on YOUR account,+ so that he swore that I should not cross the Jordan or go into the good land that Jehovah your God is giving you as an inheritance.+
This 1984 revised edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures richly enhances accurate Bible knowledge by means of several distinctive features such as the marginal (cross) references, an extensive footnote apparatus, a concordance (Bible Words Indexed) and an appendix. ... At times this has imposed a restriction upon word choice, but it aids in cross-reference work and in comparing related texts.
22 At that David said to Itʹtai:+ “Go and cross over.” So Itʹtai the Gitʹtite crossed over, and also all his men and all the little ones that were with him. ... 16 And now send speedily and tell David,+ saying, ‘Do not lodge in the desert plains of the wilderness tonight, but you also ought to cross over without fail,+ for fear that the king and all the people that are with him may be swallowed+ up.’”*
18 For I tell you verily, till the heavens and the earth pass away, not the dot of an i nor the cross of a t in the law shall pass away, till everything is done. ... 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
14 One day Jonʹa·than+ the son of Saul said to the attendant carrying his weapons: “Come and let us cross over to the Phi·lisʹtine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. ... 4 Now between the passages that Jonʹa·than was trying to cross over to reach the outpost of the Phi·lisʹtines, there was a toothlike crag on one side and a toothlike crag on the other side; the name of the one was Boʹzez, and the name of the other was Seʹneh.
6 Cross over to Tarʹshish; howl, YOU inhabitants of the coastland. ... 10 Cross over your land like the Nile River, O daughter of Tarʹshish.+ There is no shipyard any longer.+
38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ... 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. ... 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ... 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
The book The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons, states: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it consisted, not of one piece of timber, but of two pieces nailed together in the form of a cross. . . . it is not a little misleading upon the part of our teachers to translate the word stauros as ‘cross’ when rendering the Greek documents of the Church into our native tongue, and to support that action by putting ‘cross’ in our lexicons as the meaning of stauros without carefully explaining that that was at any rate not the primary meaning of the word in the days of the Apostles, did not become its primary signification till long afterwards, and became so then, if at all, only because, despite the absence of corroborative evidence, it was for some reason or other assumed that the particular stauros upon which Jesus was executed had that particular shape.”—London, 1896, pp. 23, 24.
2 “Moses my servant is dead.+ Now get up, cross the Jordan, you and all this people, and go into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.+ ... 11 “Pass throughout the camp and give this command to the people, ‘Get provisions ready, because in three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you to possess.’”+
28 Then he said to them: “Follow me, because Jehovah has given your enemies, the Moʹab·ites, into your hand.” So they followed him and captured the fords of the Jordan against the Moʹab·ites, and they did not allow anyone to cross. ... 9 The Amʹmon·ites would also cross the Jordan to fight against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Eʹphra·im; and Israel was greatly distressed.
During World War II, in 1944 and 1945, representatives of the International Red Cross were invited to inspect the main fortress to see firsthand what was going on. ... Afterward, Red Cross representatives were invited for a guided tour.
Their cross-cultural accord is the product of loyalty to a superior government—God’s Kingdom. ... Although physical food did not cross the barricades that isolated the town, our brothers were able to receive some spiritual food.
Rebel leaders used as a rallying point an oracle called the Speaking Cross, a cross through which a ventriloquist preached war to the death.
Red Cross Called to Task ... Shortly following the September 11 attacks, the American Red Cross was on the scene, soliciting donations of cash and blood.
They are invited to flee to distant Tarshish for refuge and are commanded to make a noisy expression of their grief: “Cross over to Tarshish; howl, you inhabitants of the coastland.”—Isaiah 23:6. ... 16, 17. What will happen to the inhabitants of Tyre when the city falls? (See footnote.) 16 Isaiah continues Jehovah’s condemnation of Tyre: “Cross over your land like the Nile River, O daughter of Tarshish.
14 And it came about one day that Jonʹa·than+ the son of Saul proceeded to say to the attendant carrying his weapons: “Do come and let us cross over to the outpost of the Phi·lisʹtines who are across over there.” But to his father he did not tell it.+ ... 4 Now between the passages that Jonʹa·than looked for to cross over against the outpost+ of the Phi·lisʹtines there was a toothlike crag* here on this side and a toothlike crag there on that side, and the name of the one was Boʹzez and the name of the other was Seʹneh.
There is no evidence that the Greek word stau·rosʹ here meant a cross such as the pagans used as a religious symbol for many centuries before Christ. ... “Cross” is only a later meaning of crux.