Crucifixion was the Roman form of capital punishment, for whatever crimes they thought warranted it, usually the worst. Roman citizens were apparently granted the privilege of being exempt from this most horrible death.
It was apparently also in use earlier as Alexander the great crucified two thousand Tyrians after the conquest of Tyre. So, in this case it was simply a case of the victor taking revenge on the vanquished.
In the case of Jesus' execution, Pilate himself acknowledged 'I find no crime in him', yet this unjust act was still done as he gave way to the pressure of the mob.
Before the crucification of Jesus Christ, the real number of people who were sent to be crucified will not be known, as this was a common punishment by the Romans to hard core Crimean, and men who committed treason against Rome.
Jesus' followers did not want him to be crucified. Jesus, himself, did not entirely want to be crucified, but he saw the necessity of it and allowed himself to endure the pain for the greater good.
He was sentenced to death. He had to carry his own cross and go to the place where the execution is. He falls three times and is finally crucified. He was nailed to the cross and the soldiers stripped him of his garment and gambled to see who would take it. They made him wear a crown of thorns to show all of the people that he was the Messiah or King.
There is no historical documentation of women being crucified.
The fate of the Roman woman who was crucified was death by crucifixion, a common form of execution in ancient Rome.
There were two robbers, who were crucified along with Jesus, one on each side.
no people are no longer crucified. but in China Christan's are still being persecuted.
The people who were crucified were hard core criminals, repeated thieves, and those guilty of high treason against the Roman empire. It was a capital punishment, brought from todays Turkey.
kept them from believing in jesus and crucified jesus
Forgive these people for they know not what they are doing.
Somethings Jesus Christ said were in contradiction to what the Pharisees believed. He showed them the truth and they didn't want to hear it. And Jesus didn't 'get' crucified, He allowed Himself to be crucified out of love for us and obedience to His Father.
People crucified Jesus because they saw him as a threat to their religious and political power.
For theological reasons, Jesus had to be crucified between two common thieves to show the actions of the Jews by disregarding Jesus' teachings deserved the anti-Jewish sentiment that lasted nearly 2000 years. Only those who committed high treason were crucified: thieves were not crucified. One of the blatantly historical mistakes in the gospels.
The Crucified was created in 1984.
No, Jesus was not crucified on an olive tree. He was crucified on a wooden cross.
He broke the law.
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