what happened to the cross Jesus died on?
2006-11-23 17:33:03 · 8 answers · asked by aiken877 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acually jesus was put to death on a torture stake.
The book The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons, states: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros (stake) used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it consisted, not of one piece of timber, but of two pieces nailed together in the form of a cross.
2006-11-24 03:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by hollymichal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus followers were more worried about preparing His body for burial then they were about the cross. I assume the Romans burned it as firewood like they did the rest of the crosses they used.
2006-11-24 01:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are more pieces of the "true" cross saved as relics than there was ever trees in the middle east.
2006-11-24 01:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by Barabas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They burned it when they couldn't get the nails out of Jesus's arms & legs.
2006-11-24 01:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by Whatever 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i've heard that would cannot last that long?
i have also heard that there may be fragments saved as icons.
but generally i think all wood would've rotted away by now.
truthfully dont know
2006-11-24 01:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
after a crucifixion they pile the crosses and set them on fire.
2006-11-24 01:36:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They used it to make arrows to go to war in God's name
2006-11-24 01:35:51 · answer #7 · answered by Fixitguy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
good question--I doubt anyone knows
2006-11-24 01:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋