My understanding of crucifixion is that the person was left up until rotten, and the remaining 'body' would be disposed of (usually in a shallow grave) Why then is the Jesus crucifixion story so different than other crucifixions of the time? Have the facts been misconstrued about his death? accidental or on purpose?
2006-09-05 08:08:38 · 22 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
...Edit: given a tomb...
2006-09-05 08:09:09 · update #1
He was not given a tomb by the Romans. Joseph of Arimathea, who was a follower of Jesus in secret, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body after His death on the cross. This was a new tomb and never used.
My pastor was just speaking about this on Sunday. Since Jesus had predicted His death and resurrection, perhaps Joseph knew the tomb would once again be empty in three days.
Of course nothing has been misconstrued about his death. The bible says that the Jewish leaders gave Roman guards money to lie about where Jesus body was.
2006-09-05 09:02:16 · answer #1 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The day Jesus was crucified was rgiht before the Sabbath. It would have been unclean to leave Him up there to rot.
Luke 23:54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
John 19:31-34 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
2006-09-05 08:21:08 · answer #2 · answered by cnm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pilate was in a precarious position there in Jerusalem. There had already been complaints made to Rome about him and that's why he allowed Jesus, whom he found no cause to be crucified, to be executed despite the fact that it went against Roman law for him to do so.
John 19:12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar." 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha.
Then after Jesus died...
John 19:31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
He gave the body to Joseph of Arimathea because he was a wealthy and prominent Jew in the ruling council.
Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
2006-09-05 08:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mat 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
Mat 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Mat 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Mat 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Pilate gave permission because Joseph asked.
2006-09-05 08:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by steve 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This body was different from others, it was not taken from the tomb, He awoke and walked.
The Romans didn't want to let Him out. His story is different since God had instructed Him to rise and show the disciples, and the world, His power and might according to the scriptures.
From here, He rose to heaven and we await Him to return to earth and save us.
Luke 24
44He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."
45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
2006-09-05 08:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by joe_on_drums 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joseph of Arimathea was a follower of Jesus and was influential with the Romans. He enveighed on them that the Jewish practice was to bury a person by sunset of the day they died. Rather then have another riot. Pilate agreed.
2006-09-05 08:12:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your understanding is wrong. The bodies had to be taken down before the Sabbath. In occupied places, the Romans allowed local customs to prevail as long as they didn't interfere with Roman leadership.
2006-09-05 08:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Robert L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All we have is the story given us by the people who lived at that time and witnessed it. We can speculate about it, but at the end of the day, all we have are the eyewitness accounts of the disciples as recorded in the four Gospels. I'm inclined to believe their story.
2006-09-05 08:14:56 · answer #8 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 23:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by garling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always--- many times there was such a shortage for upcoming executions the bodies were still warm when removed..those crosses were often re used.
The reason for the side piercing was to make certain of death.
2006-09-05 08:12:10 · answer #10 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋