Why was Jesus crucified?

Answer 1

Because God sent Him to earth to become the perfect sacrifice for sins. Before Jesus was crucified, people had to make animal or food sacrifices for their sins. It was not a perfect covenant and so God sent Jesus to become the perfect sacrifice and covenant.

Answer 2

Jesus permitted himself to be crucified, because by so doing he would become the divine instrument that would cause Satan the devil to bring about his own destruction.

No one, not even the devil, had the power or authority to take the life of a sinless man, let alone the only begotten son of God.

When Satan used his minions (the corrupt Jews and the pagan Romans) to bring about the death of the innocent Jesus Christ, he also brought about his own judgment, and the subsequent destruction of the dominion he enjoyed over mankind, and the world.

This is the "theological mechanism" of man's redemption through Christ.

Answer 3

For dramatic and marketing purposes. Think about it. If Pontius had said "oh the heck with it, you're annoying the priests, what do I care, bugger off and go home and have a decent Passover meal with your posse and stop annoying these bearded lunatics I have to govern or I'll have the centurions slap you silly" that would have been a lame ending to the New Testament. How do you win converts to a religion that says "Jesus was abruptly dismissed for your sins?"

Answer 4

First let us identify the word and the action that would have resulted. Physically it is not possible to put a man on a cross and be able to bring about his death in a short period of time.

Second the romans did not use lumber in this fashion, they generally uses a single pole or post and if the did use two stakes they were put up in an X form not a cross.

Third the reason for staking a person in a vertical position was to cause the weight of the body to bring on suffication and eventual death.
Now the word crucified was never in the origianal greek scriptures, the word was CRUX which means Stakes or poles. So was Jesus killed on a stake or a cross? The research and historians of the period identify that this person Jesus was put upon a stake to be killed.

Now Why was he killed and why did God allow this to take place?
Many agree that Jesus died in behalf of all mankind, but why was his death any different that that of John the Baptist, or that of Saul of Tartus?

That comes back to who was the first perfect man on earth. Perfect in every way and acceptable to God? By knowing who this First Perfect Man is aids many to understand the word RANSOM. To put up a ransom means to pay a price to release or secure the release of an other. Now that Ransom must be something that the one wants the ransom is acceptable would you not agree. Think about who wanted the Ransom, and who has the right to accept or reject that ransom.

Keep in mind that only a perfect man can pay the price for another perfect man. No one, not any human can say they were perfect can they. So It involved two (2) perfect men that God would consider to be equal or ransommable for one another to offer themselves for the ransom. Now consider why was it necessary for Jesus to offer himself willingly? That is entirely different question.

This can get kind of deep, but search your mind, not your heart for who these individuals are, remembering we are speaking about three (3) separate people.
The First perfect man, Second perfect man, and the one who demands payment or ransom that is acceptable.

This as simple as I can paint a picture of what took place the day Jesus died.

Why did Jesus offer up his perfect life? The answer is for what he made, US, mankind. God created Jesus, Gods First Creation and so called "First Born of All Creation" and then Jesus created everything else including all of us, or at least our ancestors with the means or direction of his Father.

Jews or the masses that were being mulipulated by the Jewish priests became fearful of what Jesus was saying to the common jewish people. These Jewish priest did not want to have the Romans to become upsat because of the unrest in the territory and fear that the Romans would destroy what they had, and that was a way of life where they did not feel emcumbered or threatened with falling under more Roman control. It is this fear of man that caused them to turn Jesus over to have him killed. Now was this all by chance, not at all. All fall under prophesy and fulfillment of that prophesy.

Jesus was not afraid to die, but He was concerned about not bringing reproach upon his Father or his Name. So he remained silent and accepted the abuse the shame and the horrible death method.
Dying upon a stake was in many ways worse than being hung. The death is slow and very painful, by placing the hands above the head and not giving the feet any means to support under the body's weight, the person would slowly and shurely die by drowning in the fluids that would begin to build up in the lungs and eventually sufficate the victom.

Answer 5

Jesus was crucified to fulfill the prophesies of the old testament, that he would be the sacrifice on our behalf for our sin (referring to the sinful nature which we inherited) and sins (the outward doings).

Answer 6

Pontius Pilate was insecure about his governing abilities.

When the leaders of the Pharisees started to be afraid that Jesus was threatening their power, they went to Pilate and accused Jesus of planning a revolt against the Roman government.

Though Pilate tried to pass the responsibility on to Herod, the Israelites were forbidden by Roman law to perform their own executions.

Therefore, Pilate ordered Jesus executed for sedition (treachery against the government) because he refused to defend himself at his trial, even after being whipped.

Answer 7

The specific "earthly" reason he was crucified was for claiming to be Gods son, it was considered blasphemy, and was punishable by death. Pilot decided to let the jews decide how he would die, and they chose crucifixtion, the worst, most painful way to die.
The TRUE reason he was crucified is thatJesus was sent to earth to live a perfect sinless life and die in order to save mankind from their sins, but before his death can save you, you have to accept him as your savior.

Answer 8

He was considered a criminal and that was the law back then...crucifying long story short

Answer 9

Because Pontius Pilatus was not in any kind of mood to deal with Jesus, Rome viewed him as an insurrectionist. It was the standard method of execution for non-Roman citizens. I bet you were looking for an answer like, "He died for our sins".

Answer 10

It was a modern way of execution in that day and age so it really was nothing special. I don't get why people think it was special. If he was hanged instead of blood from your wrist and ankles and stuff during "stigmata" would you get red lines and your neck break...