Original sentence: According to Vine  "...Both the noun [stauros] and the verb stauroo, "to fasten to a stake or pale," are originally to be distinguish form the ecclesiastical form of a two-beamed 'cross.The New Testament word for cross is stauros, which can refer either to a cross or to a single upright position stake without a crossbeam; Jehovah's Witnesses accept only the latter meaning, believing the cross to be a pagan symbol
Edited sentence: According to Vine  "...Both the noun [stauros] and the verb stauroo, "to fasten to a stake or pale," are originally to be distinguished form the ecclesiastical form of a two-beamed 'cross.Evidence of that exists in many ancient Greek texts where the word can be found in context.Jehovah's Witnesses  believe the cross to be a pagan symbol.Of special interest is the fact that the Romans used the expression "crux simplex" to denote an upright stake or pole (which they routinely used in executions) and the Greek word "diastauroo", which actually denotes combining two "stauroi" or stakes, in order to form the shape of the cross.Only later did the word "stauros" acquire the significance of the cross, once the use of the symbol became abundant in Christendom.The New Testament word for cross is stauros, which at Jesus' time referred to a single upright position stake without a crossbeam; the Greek word obtains its etymology from the verb "istemi", which means "to set something erect or upright"