Crucifixion Research Paper

There are many different types of tortures. Torture was used as a source of punishment in the medieval times. One popular method of torture is the Judas Cradle. The Judas Cradle consisted of a pyramid shaped wooden tool where the victim was placed

When it comes to the crucifixion of Jesus, there are many different arguments that appeal to specific peoples’ beliefs or arguments as to what makes the most sense. What really is the determining factor though when we are deciding how we portray Jesus’ death? Is it our faith? Is it what logically makes the most sense to us? Is it what we are taught growing up by our parents or Sunday school? Could it possibly a mixture of all of those factors? Either way, we all have different beliefs and ideas when it comes to His death. One of the most popular arguments for Jesus’ crucifixion is that the reason he died was purely in place of us due to our sins; he was the ultimate sacrifice. In this paper, I will argue from a logical standpoint that not only does this theory not make sense, but Jesus’ life and choices were related to his crucifixion as well. The most logical circumstance is that, instead, Jesus died as a ransom.

Crucifixion or a crucifix can be seen as the most popular and most common things to be associated with the Christian religion and therefore Jesus. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the mental hospital that the patients are in has a ward for patients who do not listen and break the rules. After Randle McMurphy gets into a fight with one of the men who help the nurse and the doctors on the floor, he is sent to the other ward; there he is forced to have electro-shock therapy (EST) done. This therapy induces seizures on patients, this is done because it is noticed that when people come out epileptic convulsion, they are calmer and more peaceful. During the process of the EST, “you are strapped to a table, shaped, ironically, like a cross…” (Kesey 69). The cross alone reminds readers of a crucifix. After this symbol it should be extremely clear to a reader, if it was not already, that McMurphy is in fact a Christ figure. If that is not enough for the reader however, during ETS, the patient “put[s] on those things like headphones, crown of silver thorns over the graphite at his temples.” (Kesey 283); the headphones that are places upon the patient’s head is the thing that induces the seizure. This is clearly referring to the crown of thorns that is forced onto Jesus’s head upon his

a cross was carried before them...called flagellants on account of the flagella(whips)...which they were seen to do penance...” (Heinrich of Herford, 123). They used these whips to punish themselves for their sins which led to many odd ceremonies. They formed an almost cult where they would march through towns singing songs and then begin a ceremony where

In order to fully understand the story of the crucifixion it is crucial that we take a step into the story. We should view it as a doorway and it is important that we go through it in our imagination, in order to actually understand what is happening. We must ask our self what info is needed to make the story authentic? This is crucial for us to ask so that we can fully dive into the story and truly understand everything it has to teach us.

In the Bible, the Romans taunt and beat Jesus before he is forced to carry the cross. In The Lion, the Witch, and theWardrobe, the White Witch's followers taunted him, bound him, and beat him before his execution (Lewis " The Lion, the Witch, and theWardrobe" 153-154). The difference between the two was that Jesus was never bound and Christ was nailed to a cross, not stabbed with a dagger. These differences are there so that Lewis can show that the execution was not Christian but pulled from other sacrificial religions.

They were also used to force prisoners to confess to the crimes they committed. The most popular torture device was the rack, which was used to get prisoners to confess to the crimes they committed, “The rack was a machine consisting of a rectangular wooden frame. The wooden frame had a roller at each end. The victim’s feet were manacled to one roller, and the wrists were manacled to the other.” Another tool was the scavenger’s daughter, “ This device was designed to have the opposite effects of the rack. The body was compressed as opposed to being stretched.” The ducking stool was a tool used exclusively for women, “Specifically used as a torture method for women. The device was a chair which was hung from the end of a free-moving arm. The woman was strapped into the chair which was situated by the side of a river. The device would then be swung over the river by the use of the free-moving arm. The woman would then be ducked into the freezing cold water.” This stool was used on women who were accused of either being witches or prostitutes. Water torture was also an effective method of torture, “ By means of a horn, acting as a funnel, and whilst his nose was being pinched, so as to force him to swallow, they slowly poured four coquemars (about nine pints) of water into his mouth; this was for the ordinary torture. For the extraordinary, double that quantity was poured

Through human history Individuals have been condemning offenders of the governed to death. Heinous misconducts ranging from but not limited to stealing, murdering, raping, and treason were reason enough for an individual to be put to death. Found in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon the death penalty dates as far back as the eighteenth century B.C.. King Hammurabi coined and believed in the phrase “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Under the laws of the twelve tablets, Romans carried out capital punishment by means of crucifying, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, or impaling a criminal. In the tenth century A.D Hanging, cooked alive, beheading, and boiling became popular forms of capital punishment. European settlers traveling

Jesus became an enemy of the Pharisees, and they were not going to rest until they found a way to kill him. They schemed against him and captured him. After some legal dispute, the people decided to crucify Jesus. He endured much suffering through his death. He was scourged, tortured, and nailed to a cross, suffering an unfathomable amount of pain as a perfect man (HCSB, Luke. 23). After being dead and buried in a tomb for three days, Jesus rose from the dead. His resurrection proved he did indeed die for the sins of the world, and the world now had hope of salvation because of his grace and sacrifice.

The death penalty can be traced all the way back to the 18th Century B.C. in Babylon to the Hammurabi Codes (“Introduction to the Death Penalty,” 2014). The Hammurabi codes had 25 different crimes that were

The Romans thought that Jesus was a blasphemer who was using God’s name to spread his own false messages (Bredin 190) and ended up having to crucify him. This crucifixion was all part of God’s plan, and through this action, Jesus ended up

They tortured people to gain confessions. The church handled all confessions, however could not witness the bloodshed that they caused to get the accused to confess. All punishments were vary physical two of the most infamous were the strappado and aselli. The strappado, meaning pulley, was a device containing ropes to strap a person down from their arms and legs and weights were attached on the ropes. The person would be raised and their body would stretch causing mass amounts of pain and sometimes-immediate death. The aselli was a water torment. A person would lie down and be drowned rapidity until it looked like their veins would explode.

The film also depicted that crucifixion was typically a form of death that was harsh, violent, and humiliating, which is accurate in comparison to crucifixions in history. In the film, Jesus was spit on, and the Romans mocked him, saying that if were really the king, that he would save himself. This picture of the Jesus’ crucifixion, and the violence that forced upon him, that was displayed in the film, The Passion of the Christ was an accurate description of what actually happened during crucifixions during the ancient times (Religions).

Jesus had to carry his own cross, that probably weighed two times his size, all the way up to wear the crucifixion was going to take place. Already beaten and bloody, they lay him down onto the cross shaped piece of wood and begin by nailing his hands and feet into it and standing the cross up into the air. What a brutal sight it must have been for God to see his only son tortured like this, but the good news is that he knew what his plan was for Jesus and for his people and he knew what was going to happen after all this was over. Jesus died hanging from that cross, washing all of our sin away and paying the ultimate sacrifice. After he died he was wrapped in a white cloth and placed into a tomb with a boulder sealing the door to the outside world. Three days after being placed in there, the people went to check up on the tomb to find that the boulder was pushed aside and the white cloth was folded neatly where Jesus was laying. The son of God, the Messiah, rose again from the dead to fulfill his mission so that we may have everlasting life in God’s kingdom. God’s plan for our life and through Jesus he teaches us that if we follow in God’s word and make him our most prized possession and ask for him to be in our hearts that we may to “escape the penalty that God will execute upon all who have broken His

The most impactful and visual image is when someone is nailed on to the cross. Yes, here I am talking about the story of Jesus Christ facing the crucifixion. In the movie, Son of God, the crucifixion of Jesus is powerfully illustrated. The movie focus on the narration of Jesus Christ from birth, life, sacrificial death, resurrection and the ascendance. However, the Hollywood encouraged by the church focused on the scene where Jesus was flogged and then carried his cross up on to the “skull.” Where he was physically nailed and placed upon that cross and suffered a humiliating death. This film played throughout many movie theaters around the United States and even the world. Therefore, many people witness the crucifixion of Jesus on the big