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1 day ago · They could throw the person to the wild beasts in the arena, they could burn them alive, or they could crucify them. Crucifixion was always the most terrifying choice. The use of crucifixion was undertaken by the Roman state. It was the Republic, later the Empire, which crucified you, not just the individual governor.
2 days ago · The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33. It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, later attested to by other ancient sources, and is broadly accepted as one of the events most likely to have occurred during his life. [ 1]
1 day ago · But the most common current symbol of Christianity—the cross—was absent. As lessons for others, the Romans still routinely used roadside crosses to crucify criminals (as Jesus was condemned under Roman law). Only once the Romans ceased using this means of execution did Christians adopt it as a symbol.
1 day ago · At that time, Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
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3 days ago · They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. (Matthew 27:27-31)
4 days ago · Jesus stood before Pilate. Members of the Sanhedrin and others shouted, “Crucify him!” Killing Jesus was the last thing Pilate wanted to do. He possessed the power to end the injustice before him, yet he yielded to the crowd. Pilate is known in history as one who sacrificed his conscience for the approval of the crowd.
4 days ago · penalise: 1 v impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on Synonyms: penalize , punish , sanction Types: show 13 types... hide 13 types... avenge , retaliate , revenge take revenge for a perceived wrong tar-and-feather smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment execute , put to death kill as a means ...
