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The victim's wrists were either tied or nailed to a cross-bar and the ankles were usually nailed to the stem of the cross. While the victim supported his weight on his feet, he could breathe, but if he tired and allowed his weight to hang from his wrists, he found he could not breathe, so that eventually he would raise himself up into the more painful position of resting on the nail through the ankles.
After many hours of suffering, the victim would eventually no longer have the strength to raise himself and would hang from the wrists until suffocated. The three hours that Jesus was supposed to have hung is particularly short, so the evangelists had Pilate express appropriate surprise.
If for any reason, the Romans wished to end the crucifixion, they would break the victim's legs so that he could no longer take his weight on his legs and ankles. This was known to the author of John's Gospel, who described the technique in John 19:32-33.
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Not being able to breathe. To suffocate is to be deprived of air until you are dead.
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We know of at least 2
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Being crucified again
What man was with Jesus' mother when he was being crucified?
john
What is the same meaning of being nailed to a cross?
Crucified.
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Can you suffocate from Asthma
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no your body would freeze you would suffocate and get vacuumed in to space.
What part of speech is 'suffocate'?
Suffocate is a verb
What is the suffix to suffocate?
The suffix to suffocate is (suffocating)
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Seeing her son being tortured and then crucified.
Jesus met with god before being crucified on Mt Olive?
Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemene. Jesus was crucified on Golgotha, not Mount of Olives.
