Why was Jesus crucified outside the city of Jerusalem?

Answer 1

In the Old Testament, God gave instructions to the jews to never use nails

inside Jerusalem. This is why everything in Jerusalem is made of marble, rather

than wood that requires nails. So, since a crucifixion required nails, they had to

take Jesus outside of the city's gates to Golgotha.

Fascinating!

Right here, in three or four short lines . . .

-- We learn that the forces of the Roman Empire that occupied the holy land

were sensitive to the instructions of the old testament, and adhered to them,

apparently so as to avoid upsetting the locals. (Presumably right up until they

defiled and destroyed the locals' Holy Temple of the old testament less than

50 years later.)

-- We learn that it was the followers of the old testament, aka Jews, who

crucified Jesus.

-- We learn for the first time that crucifixion was a routine method of execution

among adherents of the old testament. We didn't know this, because it isn't

mentioned anywhere in the old testament, even where the methods of legal

execution are explicitly listed.

-- We learn for the first time that the old testament prohibits the use of mails

anywhere inside Jerusalem. We didn't know this either, because we don't find it

stated anywhere in the old testament.