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With all due respect, the second portion of your answer does not make sense. For Christ's atonement was literal, not figurative. Please send one Biblical reference in connection with your statement: "Figuratively,in the New Testament: ... the atonement of Christ."
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What is the greek word for CROSS as found in the NT, and what is it's meaning?
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The Greek word is stauros: a stake or post, a pole or cross. Used as an instrument of capital punishment.
Figuratively,in the New Testament: exposure to death, i.e. self-denial., by implication, the atonement of Christ:
Sorry, my mistake.
I was adding a cut and paste from Strong's Concordance and pasted incorrectly.
There should have been a hard break between "figuratively" and "by implication". The meaning is that sometimes when the word "cross" is used in the Bible it implies and includes the whole ATONEMENT of Christ for our sins.
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