History of Crucifixion
Jesus helped to carry His Cross by Simon of Cyrene.
Jesus and the thieves on the Cross to his right and left side.
The Gallows-Hangman’s Tree
Below is the Message Audio followed by Typed Notes.
Most famous crucifixion in the Bible is that of Jesus Christ who came to redeem sinful humanity.
Roman crucifixion was a method of execution that the Roman Empire employed from the 6th century BC until the 4th century AD. It was designed to be a public, painful form of capital punishment, reserved primarily for slaves, disgraced soldiers, Christians, and foreigners. Roman citizens were generally exempt from crucifixion, except in cases of treason.
Crucifixion was not originally a Roman invention; it was practiced by several ancient civilizations, including the Persians, Carthaginians, and Macedonians.
the Romans perfected it as a tool of state terror and control. The process typically began with a severe scourging, intended to weaken the victim and hasten death. The condemned was then forced to carry the cross to the execution site, where they were affixed to the cross by nails or ropes.
To hasten death, executioners sometimes broke the legs of the crucified, preventing them from pushing up to breathe.
Hanging on a tree may have preceded Crucifixion.
Apostle Peter refers to Jesus “killed by hanging on a tree” We read in Acts 5:29-30:
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.”
The Book of Esther has several references to being nailed to a tree.
These events occurred late in the 70 year captivity of the southern Kingdom of Israel in Persia about 480 B.C.
Esther, the biblical heroine, was a Jewish woman from the tribe of Benjamin. She was orphaned as a young child and raised by her uncle Mordecai, in the city of Susa, the capital of Persia. Esther was chosen to be queen of Persia by King Ahasuerus. She is most known for her brave efforts in thwarting the plot of Haman, one of the king's key leaders, which called for the genocide of Jews throughout the Persian empire.
Mordecai spared the King’s life: Esther 2:21-23: “In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.”
Haman the leading Prince of King Ahasuerus hated Mordecai and the Jews and instructed his friends to “…Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged or nailed there on: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.”Esther 5:14.
At the banquet, Esther pleaded for Mordecai and her people telling him of Haman’s plan to kill them. Esther 8:5.
Esther 7:9 “And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.”
The king orders that Haman and his house-including 10 children-be hanged upon the gallows. Esther 8:7.
Esther and her uncle Mordecai the Jew had saved the Jews while in captivity in Persia.
Esther 10:3 “For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.”
Shortly thereafter the Jewish captivity ended and they were restored to the land God had promised to Abraham and His seed in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ to redeem sinful man. Jesus did this by being crucified, dying on the cross, buried in a borrowed tomb, then rising again in 3 days.
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