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# cross
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## Definition
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A cross is an upright wooden post stuck into the ground, with a horizontal wooden beam attached to it near the top.
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* During the time of the Roman Empire, the Roman government would execute criminals by tying or nailing them to a cross and leaving them there to die.
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* Jesus was falsely accused of crimes he did not commit and the Romans put him to death on a cross.
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* Note that this is a completely different word from the verb "to cross
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## Translation Suggestions
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* This term could be translated using a term in the target language that refers to the shape of a cross.
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* Consider describing the cross as the thing on which people were killed, using phrases such as "execution post" or "tree of death."
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* Also consider how this word is translated in a Bible translation in a local or national language.
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