do jehovah witnesses believe jesus was crucified
But in a change of doctrine, the Jehovah's Witnesses now say that Christ was not crucified; they say that he died on a pole or a stake. It goes without saying that this will astound not only millions of Christians around the world, but also historians. The Jehovah's Witnesses do not say when Lipsius lived nor do they give a date to the engraving. [ 2 11] In fact, Lipsius lived from 1547 to 1606. 3  Thus this engraving was made more than a fifteen hundred years after the crucifixion of Christ.