02-25-2011, 10:37 AM
Lamsa reads, "Also I have made a decree that whosoever shall alter this ordinance, let a beam be pulled down from his house, and they shall make it a cross for him and they shall crucify him upon it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this." The word used here is the same one used in the Apostolic Writings when referring to the execution stake, so the translator opted to merge the variant translations into one. I would have opted toward 'execution stake' or 'gallows' and 'hang,' the translator opted for cross.