Crucifixion







These pictures show the act of crucifixion.Crucifixion is a form of execution; it is the act of nailing or tying to a cross. It was practiced in the Middle East. The Romans took it from Carthage and at first it was used for slavery but later on used for criminals. A person would be given that punishment if they were to commit the following crimes: robbery, piracy, forgery, assassination, false testimony, rebellion, high treason and more. The prisoner was nailed or tied to the cross and sometimes their legs would be broken to induce a more rapid death. They used it frequently in civil wars. The crosses varied in shaped; some crosses were shaped like a "T", while some were an "x" and some were a lower case "T". The process of the crucifixion was that the condemned had to walk through populous streets, exposed to injury and being insulted. He would have to carry his cross to the place of crucifixion. Once he got there his clothes were removed and the execution began. Death could have been caused by a series of things such as starvation, exhaustion, gradual paralysis or others. The length of it ranged from twelve hours to sometimes three days. Most of the time the body was left on the cross as food for birds or beasts, but special requests to remove the body were sometimes granted.

Crucifixion is important to Christianity because Jesus, the Son of God, was executed by the method of crucifixion.He was subjected to crucifixion from the Roman empire. It was the most known crucifixion in the Christian religion. He was arrested for believing in his own faith and spreading it. The Roman Empire thought that it would affect their government so they sent him to execution. His hands and feet were nailed to a Latin T, he was allowed seven words to speak, and the Roman empire thought that he was killed. Because he didn't sin, he didn't have a legitimate reason to die. Therefore he was granted life by God; his body was killed but his soul did not die. Crucifixion strengthened beliefs of Christianity and proved power and punishment of sin. Fortunately, crucifixion was abolished by Christian rule on the Roman Empire.

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