2007-04-06 14:16:42 · 26 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wrist. To fulfill prophecy...Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
To me it's like the JW's saying he was nailed to a tree and not a cross....it's not how he died that's important it's that he died.
Good answer Tom
2007-04-06 14:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by † H20andspirit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I may not remember correctly, but I think at least one skeleton of a crucified individual still had a nail through the wrist because the nail had hit a knot in the cross and bent, and could not be pulled out. The wrist will hold the body more securely, but those who re-enact the crucifixion would have their wrists wrecked by this, whereas their hands will heal.
2007-04-06 21:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by kscottmccormick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew conception of the word for hand includes everthing from the wrist up. It is not likely that Christ was crucified through the palms because:
1) The weight of a hanging body would have caused the nails to tear through.
2. The scripture indicates that not a bone of Him was broken, therefore I would believe that He was crucified in the wrist between the spot where the phalanges meet with the small bones in the wrist. This would have prevented the nails from tearing through the webbing between his fingers.
Tom
2007-04-06 21:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It really varied depending on the team assigned. Sometimes they used hope to hold the arm in place and nailed the palm; sometimes they nailed the wrist. The word for "hand" used there could have included the wrist as well as the palm. Some centuries later, anatomy taught us that they aren't the same thing but at the time, that's kinda what they thought.
2007-04-06 21:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrists, in the middle of the 2 bones. If done on the hands the nails would rip through the flesh.
2007-04-06 21:21:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Bible times, the hand was considered to be from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. any part in that area was considered the hand so that's were the nails were put
i've also heard that the two bones in your arm separate right at your wrist so they would nail the nails right in that area that they separate.
i've also heard the your hand couldn't hold you up on the cross but having the nails in your wrist could hold you up.
2007-04-06 21:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus=Savior<3 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wrists
the hands won't support the weight of the nails
2007-04-06 21:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although many paintings show Jesus with nails through His hands, the practice was to drive the nails through the wrists and I believe above the ankles. The person usually died from asphyxiation. They pulled themselves up and pushed with their feet in order to exhale. If the torture went on too long it is said that their legs were broken so that they couldn't push up anymore.
2007-04-06 21:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by VW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The wrists. Your own body weight would tear the nails through your hands. The Romans knew this (they had enough experience at it), and that's what they did. Of course, folklore has taken over and now everyone is getting their stigmatas in the wrong place.
2007-04-06 21:22:03 · answer #9 · answered by wanfuforever 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they put the nail in your wrist. You know how in your skeleton your are bone is like two bones stuck together and there is that little space between them? Thats where the nail goes through. There is also a nerve that runs through and they intentually stick the spike through it so it hurts even more.
2007-04-06 21:22:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋