“CRUCIFIXION, WHAT IS IT?”
By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
What is crucifixion?
One medical doctor
Dr. Jameso Fuzzell
goes into great
detail explaining
this topic in a
video. It is
entitled “Medical
Aspects Of the
Crucifixtion” (Good
News Productions *
POB 222 * Joplin, MO
64802 *
800/457-4674).
The cross is placed
on the ground and
the exhausted man is
quickly thrown
backwards with his
shoulders against
the wood. The
legionnaire feels
for the depression
at the front of the
wrist. He drives a
heavy, square
wrought-iron nail
through the wrist
deep into the wood.
Quickly he moves to
the other side and
repeats the action,
being careful not to
pull the arms too
tightly, but to
allow some flex and
movement.
The cross is then
lifted into place.
The left foot is
pressed backward
against the right
foot, and with both
feet extended,
toes down, a nail is
driven through the
arch of each,
leaving the knees
flexed. The victim
is now crucified.
As he slowly sags
down with more
weight on the nails
in the wrists,
excruciating fiery
pain shoots along
the fingers and up
the arms to explode
in the brain - the
nails in the wrists
are putting pressure
on the median
nerves. As he pushes
himself upward to
avoid this
stretching torment,
he places the full
weight on the nail
through his feet.
Again he feels the
searing agony of the
nail tearing through
the nerves between
the bones of his
feet.
As the arms fatigue,
cramps sweep through
his muscles,
knotting them deep
with relentless, and
throbbing pain. With
these cramps comes
the inability to
push himself upward
to breathe. Air can
be drawn into the
lungs but not
exhaled. He fights
to raise himself in
order to get even
one small breath.
Finally, carbon
dioxide builds up in
the lungs and in the
blood stream, and
the cramps partially
subside.
Spasmodically, he is
able to push himself
upward to exhale and
bring in life-giving
oxygen.
Hours of limitless
pain, cycles of
twisting,
joint-renting
cramps, intermittent
partial
asphyxiation, and
searing pain. His
tissue is torn
from his lacerated
back as he moves up
and down against
rough
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timber. Then another
agony begins: a
deep, crushing pain
deep in the
chest as the
pericardium slowly
fills with serum and
begins to compress
the heart. It is now
almost over.
The loss of tissue
fluids has reached a
critical level. The
compressed heart is
struggling to pump
heavy, thick,
sluggish blood into
the tissues. The
tortured lungs are
making frantic
effort to gasp in
small gulps of air.
He can feel the
chill of death
creeping through his
tissues. Finally, he
allows his body to
die. All this the
Bible records with
the simple words,
"..and they
Crucified Him.."
(Mark 15:24).
What wondrous love
is this? Everyone
should know the pain
and suffering which
our Lord Jesus
Christ went through
for mankind. Surely
God is my salvation;
I will trust and not
be afraid... .
(Isaiah12:2).
If one can be taught
concerning the love
which God, the
Creator of all of
life, has for His
creation - it should
touch one’s heart.
John 15:12-13
Greater love has no
one than this, that
he lay down his life
for his friends. NIV
Normally, the reason
that mankind rejects
Jesus as the Savior
and refuses to make
Him the Lord of
one’s life is
because of the lack
of teaching as to
who Jesus truly is.
John 1:1-14 teaches
that He is God in
the flesh. He came
to earth to teach
mankind concerning
life. If we as
humans will listen
to Him we will have
fewer problems, our
marriages will be
stronger and
sweeter, our day to
day journey through
life will be much
easier and we will
look forward to
physical death. The
Christian knows that
at death one will be
able to go to be
with Jesus in a
sinless environment,
which is desired by
all.
God is in need of
many more
“Christians” in our
world. Will we
answer the call to
be a “Christian”? If
we had more
“Christians” the
world would be a
better place to live
and there would be
more people to help
share the Word about
Jesus. Now, the
Bible’s plan of
salvation is very
plain and teaches
that one must:
1) Believe In Jesus
As Savior (Acts
16:31)
2) Repent Of Sins
(Acts 17:30)
3) Confess Christ
Audibly (Acts 8:37)
4) Be Baptized In
Water (Acts 2:38)
5) Live A Christian
Life (Acts 14:22)
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