I heard that the cross was a wooden stake or two beams forming a T shape. I think it makes more sense for it to be just a single pole, for I doubt the Romans spent much time on it. What are your thoughts?
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The Romans crucified people for 800 years and there were many variations of it but they did indeed involve two poles fixed together.
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Spreading the arms and hanging from them makes the chest work harder. It has been proven (History or Discovery channel) that it's torcherous, and will normally kill relatively quickly.
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Yes, if Yeshua really was crucified, the cross was most likely a T shape, possibly a single stake. This shape has been tested. I doubt the Romans themselves made the crosses, at least not the citizens. It would have been prisoners or slaves that did such work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Details_of_crucifixion The Latin Cross shape has other orgins: http://www.answers.com/topic/christian-cross
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As someone who studied Roman life & times.............yes it was always a T section they used for crucifixation, easier to make, stronger, the body didn't twist it askew as would be the case in a crossed t as always shown in christianity.........who knows why this version was chosen, it certainly was not used by the Romans.
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The Romans used any number of crosses, from the Tau, to the St Andrew's X to simple stakes, to nailing the prisoner to walls and structures. The Tau cross was originally used because the tau, or ankh, was a symbol of eternal life. They enjoyed the irony of killing with such a device.
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The Bible clearly and undeniably teaches that Jesus died on a cross (Matthew 27:32,40,42; Mark 15:21,30,32; Luke 23:26; John 19:17,19,25; Acts 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:17-18; Colossians 1:20; 2:14-15). The Greek words in those Scriptures specifically identify a cross, not a pole or stake. The most common method of execution by the Romans in Jesus’ time was crucifying a person on a cross, with nails through their hands/wrists and feet/ankles. Sometimes people were tied to the cross in addition to being nailed to it. There were instances where people were crucified to poles, stakes, trees, x-shaped crosses, etc. But this was not the case with Jesus – He was crucified on a cross.
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it does not matter! it was ACCOMPLISHED...this is another big deal the JW"s use... just being honest...
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