It was made of wood.
It was made of thorns.
Jesus was crucified on a Roman cross, not a tree, but undoubtedly made of wood. The reference to being hung on a tree relates to the fact that the cross was made of wood.
To remind them of the sacrifice that Christ made for mankind. There is a misconception that His death on the cross constituted the atonement, when in fact the atonement was made in the garden of Gethsemane.
There are a number of sayings of Jesus from the cross, and most of them are written in the Gospel of John, chapter 19, if you care to read them.
On good Friday Jesus was made fun of and crucified. The people wanted to kill Jesus so they nailed him to a cross. They whipped Jesus and made him carry his cross to the hill of Golgotha.There he was crucified.
It would be more correct to say that Jesus died on a tree. He died on a cross.
Because back then the people who were being crucified were made to carry there own cross as punishment and because i told him to
This information is not given in the Bible. No mention is made of the weight of the cross, in any units.
The cross without Jesus on it signifies that He is risen & no longer on the cross..Jesus is alive.
Because this was the choice Jesus had made for man kind. The Cross was the means through which mankind was redeemed. The cross itself is not worshipped but its symbolism is important.
The inscription on the cross of Jesus read: "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
Jesus didn't build the cross, he was crucified on it.