by chrisgoins | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Crucifixion was death by exhaustion, shock, asphyxiation or suffocation. During crucifixion, the stress on the muscles in the diaphragm put the chest into the inhaled position. In order to exhale, the crucified person had to push up on his feet so that...
by chrisgoins | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
By 9 a.m. on Friday, Jesus was hanging on the cross suspended between heaven + earth, as though unworthy of both. Historians indicate that while hanging on the cross, naked + with their body in shock, most victims would lose control of their bodily functions,...
by chrisgoins | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Romans didn’t invent crucifixion, but they had perfected it as a form of torture + capital punishment. By the time of Jesus, it had become the favorite method of execution throughout the empire. In fact, the Jewish historian Josephus indicates that Titus crucified...
by chrisgoins | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Road To The Cross Although as many as six hundred men were sent to arrest Jesus, only four soldiers carried out His actual execution. It was customary for convicted criminals to carry their own cross to the place of execution. Since the entire cross weighed...
by chrisgoins | Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Here are the bare facts regarding what Jesus experienced leading up to the cross. Mockery, Humiliation + Torture by Roman Soldiers (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:15-20; John 19:1-4) Then Pilate ordered Jesus to be brutally beaten with a whip of leather straps...
by chrisgoins | Apr 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sunday is a day of feasting + celebration since Jesus rose on a Sunday. Take today to catch up on your reading + to contemplate what you’ve read so far.
