THE CRUCIFICTION!
THE CRUCIFIXION!
DID YOU KNOW?
Interesting Information!
THE CRUCIFIXION OF
JESUS:
History tells us crucifixion was designed to produce a slow death with
maximum pain and suffering. During the time of Christ's crucifixion; the Romans
normally executed by beheading. They reserved crucifixion for only the worst
criminals, with the vilest one in the middle. It was customary for the condemned
to carry the crossbar from the flogging post to the site of crucifixion.The
victim would be offered a painkiller called gall. He was then thrown to the
ground on his back with arms outstretched on the crossbar. Tapered iron spikes (
about 5 to 7 inches long ) were driven into and through his wrists. ( The Greek
word from which hand is translated is " cheir " and may include hand and wrist.
Nails through the anatomic " hand " as we call it will not support the weight of
the body?. The soldiers then hoisted the crossbar onto the vertical center pole
and nailed the person's feet to the front of it in a position so that his knees
were bent. The nails through his wrists pierced the median nerve causing wave
after wave of intense pain to shoot up his arms. Each time the criminal wanted
to properly exhale, he would have to push up with his nailed feet to take the
pressure of gravity off his rib cage. As he hung, his lungs were hyper-expanded
and he could not exhale. With the pain and effort required for each exhaled
breath, the person soon retained much carbon dioxide. To hasten the death of
their victims, the Roman soldiers would break the legs, not allowing them to
push off with their nailed feet and suffocation would soon follow.
These
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