The Crucifixion
- Dates
- 31 AD
After Pilate's trial, soldiers strip Jesus, put a scarlet robe on Him and a crown of thorns and mockingly bow to Him as King of the Jews. They whip Him and lead Him away to be crucified with two thieves.
In detail
Jesus was crucified. Crucifixion is the act of fixing a condemned person to a cross, either by tying the hands and feet to it or by fixing them to it by driving nails through them. As with Christ, it was common to scourge victims prior to crucifixion, and then to require them to carry the cross, or one beam of it, to the place of execution (Jn 19:1, 17). In 1968 several Jewish tombs were discovered north of Jerusalem. One of them, dating to the 1st cent. A.D., contained the bones of a man by the name of Jehohanan, who at the time of death was 24 to 28 years old. The evidence showed that he had been crucified. Both his heel bones were discovered transfixed by a large nail and the shin bones were found intentionally broken. It was the first time that the remains of a crucified individual were found in an archaeological excavation in Palestine.
Bible passages
- Matthew 27:27-56
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! …
- Mark 15:16-41
16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! …
- Luke 23:26-49
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. …
- John 19:17-37
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. …
Text of the King James Version.
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