Episode 73: The Cross Was a Tree

Episode 73: The Cross was a Tree

Show Notes:

The Greek and Latin words corresponding to "crucifixion" applied to many different forms of painful execution, including being impaled on a stake, or affixed to a tree, upright pole (a crux simplex), or (most famous now) to a combination of an upright (in Latin, stipes) and a crossbeam (in Latin, patibulum). Seneca the Younger wrote: "I see crosses there, not just of one kind but made in many different ways: some have their victims with head down to the ground; some impale their private parts; others stretch out their arms on the gibbet".

In some cases, the condemned was forced to carry the crossbeam to the place of execution. A whole cross would weigh well over 135 kg (300 lb), but the crossbeam would not be as burdensome, weighing around 45 kg (100 lb)

Scripture References:

Acts 5:29-32, Acts 10:38-43, Galatians 3:13-14, Deuteronomy 21:22-23,

2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:10-12, Matthew 27:29-32, Matthew 27:33-38,

John 19:28-37, Mark 10:21, Luke 14:27, Genesis 3:22-24, Galatians 6:14

Takeaway:

It is best to always let Scripture interpret Scripture to get a Bible understanding, even when  the subject has been ingrained in our minds historically as a certain thing. We have come to visualize the Crucifix as the picture of the cross with two other crosses for the other malefactors. But perhaps Jesus was nailed to a tree, as the Bible says, and the other two were on His left and right side on the same tree! Prayerfully consider it.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion

https://www.ranker.com/list/crucifixion-physics/christopher-myers

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