{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ebd_ebd093_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ebd_ebd093_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_ebd_ebd093_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/ebd/ebd093.htm","summary":"Cross In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ itself (Eph 2:16; Heb 12:2; Co1 1:17, Co1 1:18; Gal 5:11; Gal 6:12, Gal 6:14; Phi 3:18). The word is also used to denote any severe affliction or trial (Mat 10:38; Mat 16:24; Mar 8:34; Mar 10:21). The forms in which the cross is represented are these: (1.) The crux simplex (I), a \"single piece without transom.\" (2.) The crux decussata (X), or St.","tags":["Biblical Names and Places","Biblical Reference","Easton's Bible Dictionary"],"text":null,"title":"Easton's Bible Dictionary","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1749}