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The Crucifixion
None of the written accounts of the crucifixion in the New Testament say anything about nails being used.
The most common form of Roman crucifixion:
Subject was tied to a large post or cross.
Subject remained on the cross indefinitely, usually denied the dignity of burial.
Usually took several days to die from thirst, exposure and/or asphyxiation.
Jesus spent a relatively short period (six hours) on the cross, from the third hour of the day
to the ninth hour.
The women who knew Jesus and all of
Jesus’ acquaintances watched from a distance.
Roman soldiers and a Roman
centurion stood guard at the cross.
In Matthew, Mark, and Luke no form of physical violence was committed against Jesus while he was on the cross.
A Roman centurion pronounced Jesus’ supposed death.
Pontius Pilate directed who was allowed to take Jesus’ body from the cross.
A heretofore unknown person, Joseph of Arimathea, took Jesus’ body, not a member of Jesus’ family. He is documented as being:
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