15:13

And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible literally translates as they shouted back occurs before Crucify Him, as it does in the Berean Standard Bible. You should put these phrases in the order that is natural in your language. For example:

“Crucify him!” they shouted (New International Version, 2011 edition)

Crucify Him!: The word Crucify means to execute (kill) someone by nailing or tying him to a cross, then setting the cross upright. This was a Roman way to cause criminals to die a slow and painful death.

Here are some other ways to translate this:

Kill/Execute him on a cross!
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Nail/Fasten him to a cross to kill him!

Here are some other ways to translate the word “cross”:

plank/wood of death
-or-
crossed-beam(s) of death
-or-
a tree for killing people
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a stake/post to which they fasten/nail someone to kill him

The word “cross” first occurs at 8:34d. See how you translated it there.

You may want to include a footnote to explain more about crucifixion. For example:

One Roman method to execute a criminal was to crucify him. They crossed two large pieces of wood and joined them together. Then soldiers nailed or tied the criminal’s arms to one piece of wood and his feet to the other. They set the cross upright and allowed him to die a slow and painful death on it.

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