Pada prinsipnya, kan harus berbeda. Berbeda dengan sebelumnya.
Sehingga dicarilah yang tidak tertulis di Alkitab, ketemulah kata Stauros (σταυρός) yang tidak jelas disebutkan bahwa stauros itu berupa palang bersilang (salib) atau tonggak.
The word stauros comes from the verb ἵστημι (histēmi "straighten up, stand"), which in turn comes from the Indo-European stao, "stem", "shoot" (the same root from which come the German "stern", the English "stand" and the Spanish word "estaca", of similar meanings)
Homeric and classical Greek
In Homeric and classical Greek, until the early 4th century BC, stauros meant an upright stake, pole,[3][4] or piece of paling, "on which anything might be hung, or which might be used in impaling [fencing in] a piece of ground."[5]
In the literature of that time it never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle, but always one piece alone
In Koine Greek, the form of Greek used between about 300 BC and AD 300, the word σταυρός was already used to refer to a cross, as when Justin Martyr said the σταυρός of Christ was prefigured in the Jewish paschal lamb: "That lamb which was commanded to be wholly roasted was a symbol of the suffering of the cross (σταυρός) which Christ would undergo. For the lamb, which is roasted, is roasted and dressed up in the form of the cross (σταυρός). For one spit is transfixed right through from the lower parts up to the head, and one across the back, to which are attached the legs of the lamb."The word σταυρός was used to refer to the instrument of execution by crucifixion, which at that time involved binding the victim with outstretched arms to a crossbeam, or nailing him firmly to it through the wrists; the crossbeam was then raised against an upright shaft and made fast to it about 3 metres from the ground, and the feet were tightly bound or nailed to the upright shaft.
Sebenarnya, tidak ada masalah bagi Kristen jika Jesus disalibkan dalam palang atau tonggak. Bukan bendanya yang berarti bagi orang Kristen, tetapi pengorbanan Kristus nya.
Tetapi, karena Kristen sudah menerima salib (palang) sebagai lambang pengorbanan Jesus, dan menggunakannya sebagai lambang Kekristenan, justru ssy dengan sengaja berusaha menghilangkan lambang itu. Dengan harapan, kalau ternyata yang disebut stauros itu adalah tonggak, maka Kristen kehilangan pijakan, salib menjadi tidak berarti dan orang Kristen menjadi goyah iman.
Itulah tujuan akhir mereka, sebuah tujuan yang sungguh naive dan tidak masuk akal.
Syalom
