When you hear anything about Jesus being crucified, you hear of nails being driven through the hands and feet. (stigmata) The human body can't be supported by nailing the hands. It would have had to have been the wrists. Is this proof it didn't happen?
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Keysh
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I've read that the word used in the Bible can refer to hands or wrists.
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I would also like to add that there were a lot of "miracles" in the Bible and even in this day and age wouldn't happen, so therefore a lot of things could have been going on that aren't supported by scientists. If you believe, you have to have faith that what you read it true and if you don't believe then you can pick it to pieces and find every little thing that cannot be proven by "man" and make your own conclusions. I personally, don't care how they hung him up, they did it and it wasn't right, but he did it for us and that's all that matters. That is just my view and I don't expect you to change your way of thinking because of my beliefs. Have a wonderful day!;~}
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Cross_shape This might help
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At the crucifiction Jesus' body weight was supported by ropes. One thing we can't do in this day and age is fall for the fallacy that we know more than people of the past. We may be more advanced technologically, but in that time they knew what they knew. The ritual of crucifiction was a method used to humiliate and demean anyone who had to go through it. The gaurds had experience in using the method and were aware that ropes would be needed to prevent tears in the hands and feet. That was part of the torture of the technique, hands and legs bound and then nails driven in. The next part was the humiliation of ridicule and shame heaped upon the victim. Stigmata is something that occurs as a direct result of the level of faith that people have. Some believe so unflinchingly that the "miracle" of stigmata supposedly occurs. I have never seen it, so I cant really say more than that. People in less developed societies tend to have much stronger faith than in more developed societies like the US and Others Major countries, where modernization has replaced most levels of faith with more self-centered beliefs and logical thinking.
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if you believe and have faith, it doesn't matter
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Stigmata appears on the hand bacause thats were they drove the stakes into his hand. Crusifixion was known to also hold you up with ropes. If fact, even if the romans didnt relize this, that is what causes most of the pain. The ropes are put in such a way that it put tremendus pressure on the heart, and in imploads. Maybe next time the stigmata will come eith rope burns :)
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The nails were driven into the wrists. That was the Roman way. And, on top of that, the tied the person up with rope. The artists from the middle ages didn't understand this and so painted Jesus with the nails in his palms. And, that just continued to be what people thought until recent discoveries clarified it.
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The way I understand it, it wasn't through the hands but in the arms, between the radius and the ulna. But I'm an atheist, so what do I know?
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The nails were actually placed through the wrist - between the ulna and radius. Uncomfortable, but functional.
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The Romans had lots of practice and anyway got the idea from the Persians before them. The crucified through the wrists and through the ankles.
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They were roped to the cross before the nails were pounded in. The nails were mainly added as a form of torture. They were put either in the hands & feet or in the arms and ankles. This drew blood, but not enough to kill them. Being in the hot sun with no water or food, they were left for days until they died.A spear was then driven through them to ensure they were dead.
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If only the hands were nailed, the nails would probably pull out. But if the feet were nailed as well, it would probably reduce the weight on the hands and they would remain fixed. Alternately, if the nails were put into the arm, just above the wrist, between the radius and ulna, they would also support the weight. This one is more likely because the Greek for hand also includes the arm.
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Well, firstly, I've heard from several different sources that crucifixion was more commonly done with stakes through the wrists than the hands, so that's one thing to take into account. The bones in the wrist and forearm are much stronger than those in the hands. Secondly, it's important to realize that crucifixion kills in more ways, and faster ways, than the obvious ones like exposure to the elements or blood loss. When a person is hung from their arms in that pose, the tension tends to make their chest cavity contract to the point of breathing becoming extremely difficult and eventually impossible. The strength of the extremity the victim is hung from is much less important than the strength of their diaphram and the other muscles in their torso to keep their airways open, because chances are that the latter will give out first.
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I just saw this on the history chanel, when your hands are nailed to the cross there is no support for your shoulders and eventually you can no longer hold your head or neck up, so most people died from asphyxiation.
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