How did Jesus Die?

Question

Like I know he was put up on the cross and everything, but what really killed him? Did he bleed to death? Was it internal injuries? Starvation? I'm not sure that's ever been clear. OMGsh thanks guys!!

Answer 1

Too much booze.

Answer 2

The thing that most people don't realize is what REALLY killed a person when they were crucified: Asphyxiation. I'm not kidding. See, in order to breathe while on a cross, a person had to push up on their feet. Eventually, exhaustion got the best of them, and they could no longer push on their feet, causing them to suffocate.
By the time Jesus was hung on the cross, He was already experiencing a large amount of blood loss from the whipping He had had to endure. His skin was already much more sensitive, because the night before He was crucified, He was so agonized that He sweated blood (caused by His pores breaking down, so that when He sweated, a small amount of blood came out.). When His hands (wrists) and feet (ankles) were pierced by the nails, it shattered all the tendons.
It was not the spear that killed Him. He was already dead when He was pierced.

Answer 3

The greek word found in the bible actually indicates an upright, single stake, not a two- beamed cross. You have the KJV translation to thank for the misunderstanding all these years. Thank God (literally) that many older manuscripts have been discovered since the KJV to clear the matter up! Anyway, the purpose of hanging people on the torture stake with hands above the head was to induce suffocation. Then, to speed up the process, they would have their legs broken so they couldn't push up and relieve some of the pressure on their lungs. Since the Jewish law stated that bodies could not be left hanging overnight, they broke the legs of the two men hung with Jesus, but Jesus appeared to already be dead, so they pierced him and blood and water came out, indicating a ruptured heart. The spear did not kill him, he was already dead.

Answer 4

sin killed Jesus-he said for the joy that is set before me I go to the cross. He literally died of a broken heart =-when pierced water and blood came out separately Doctors say this can only happen if the heart is crushed emotionally- and Easter has the key Princess there is a higher love from above =REFLEXIONS FROM YESTERDAY = Easter Reflected-Exciting now and a prayer that helped stop my life from being boring & a love letter enjoying now in the Bible from God. I prayed, "Jesus help me, come into my heart and forgive my sins, be my friend, amen." and Jesus said "I love you and knock on your heart door to come in, forgive sin and help you as your friend, in fellowship you with me and me with you. Revelation 3:19&20 all because of Calvary death innocent for our sins, and resurrection. Easter, annual festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the most important feast of the Christian year. Easter is a joyous occasion because on this day Christians celebrate Christ’s victory over death. To those who believe in Christ, Easter also symbolizes their own participation in his death and rebirth to a new life.

Easter is celebrated on a Sunday yet once Jesus is recieved in heart Easter is every day in the new wonderfull life.

Have a great week princess, peace David I am not ashamed of the Gospel of the Messiah Jesus for it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe=Romans 1:16

Answer 5

http://www.rejesus.co.uk/the_story/index.html

Jesus of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripelike lacerations and appreciable blood loss, and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion, his wrists were nailed to the patibulum and, after the patibulum was lifted onto the upright post (stipes), his feet were nailed to the stipes. The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an interference with normal respirations. Accordingly death resulted primarily from hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus' death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier's spear into his side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicate that Jesus was dead when taken down from the cross.
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=252

Answer 6

All He had to do was die for us, so He was only up there long enough to do that. If He'd stayed any longer they'd have broken His leg bones so He would suffocate to death. Had they done that then the scripture that no bone of His would be broken would not have been fulfilled, and He would not have been the Messiah.

Answer 7

Crucifiction eventually caused the person to stop breathing because it was so stressful on the respiratory system. However, the Bible states that a Roman soldier pierced his side so that he would bleed to death, ending his life, which I think is what finally killed Jesus.

Answer 8

Those who died on a cross usually died of suffocation - not being able to have the continued strength to pull up and take a breath.

When Jesus died, He did not die from suffocation, or blood loss, or the beating, or the crucifixion. He willingly gave up His life. He chose the moment He would die! He died not due to the physical torments of the crucifixion. He died willingly as a result of bearing the wrath of God for our sin upon Himself. He tells us He gave up His life willingly so that He could take it up again - referring to the resurrection. He was always God! He was always in control. He chose when to die, and when to be raised from the dead. All to pay for our sin!

Answer 9

All agree that he suffered one of the most gruelling and painful forms of capital punishment ever devised by man. Here is a brief summary of some of the things we know about his last hours from history, archaeology and medicine…

Severe stress, even before the abuse began
Jesus had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Even before the crucifixion began, he clearly had physical symptoms associated with severe stress. The night before the execution, his disciples reported seeing Jesus in “agony” on the Mount of Olives. Not only did he not sleep all night, but he seems to have been sweating profusely. So great was the stress that tiny blood vessels were rupturing in his sweat glands and emitting as great red drops that fell to the ground (see Luke 22:44). This symptom of severe stress is called hematohidrosis. (Learn more…)

Jesus was physically exhausted and in danger of going into shock unless he received fluids (which he apparently did not). This is the man that the Roman soldiers tortured.

Having previously been beaten by the Jews, it was now the Romans' turn. The beatings administered by Roman soldiers are well known to be very bloody, leaving lacerations all over the body. Romans designed their whips to cut the flesh from their victim's bodies. These beatings were designed to be painful to the extreme. It would also cause a fluid build up around his lungs. In addition, a crown of thorns was forced into his scalp which was capable of severely irritating major nerves in his head, causing increasing and excruciating pain, as the hours wore on.

In Christ's severely stressed condition, these beatings were easily enough to kill him. His body was horribly bruised, cut and bleeding. Having had no nourishment for many hours, and having lost fluids through profuse sweating and much bleeding, Jesus would have been severely dehydrated. This brutal torture would certainly be sending him into what doctors call “shock,” and shock kills.

In addition, Jesus was forced to carry the the wooden beam on which he would die. Imagine the effect of carrying a heavy weight if you were in that condition.

Crucifixion
Hung completely naked before the crowd, the pain and damage caused by crucifixion were designed to be so devilishly intense that one would continually long for death, but could linger for days with no relief.

According to Dr. Frederick Zugibe, piercing of the median nerve of the hands with a nail can cause pain so incredible that even morphine won't help, “severe, excruciating, burning pain, like lightning bolts traversing the arm into the spinal cord.” Rupturing the foot's plantar nerve with a nail would have a similarly horrible effect.

Furthermore, the position of the body on a cross is designed to make it extremely difficult to breathe.

Frederick Farrar described the intended, torturous effect: “For indeed a death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can have of horrible and ghastly—dizziness, cramp, thirst, starvation, sleeplessness, traumatic fever, tetanus, shame, publicity of shame, long continuance of torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of untended wounds—all intensified just up to the point at which they can be endured at all, but all stopping just short of the point which would give to the suffer the relief of unconsciousness.”

One doctor has called it “a symphony of pain” produced by every movement, with every breath; even a slight breeze on his skin could bring screaming pain at this point.

Medical examiner, Dr. Frederick Zugibe, believes Christ died from shock due to loss of blood and fluid, plus traumatic shock from his injuries, plus cardiogenic shock causing Christ's heart to fail.
At the ninth hour (the time at which a sacrificial lamb was killed everyday in the Jewish temple), Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated,“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” and soon died, after saying “It is finished.” At about this moment is probably the time when the temple's priestly ram's horn would have been blown that day, announcing that the priests had completed the sacrifice of the lamb for the sins of Israel. Also at that moment, the great, thick curtain that closed the Holy of Holies room from view, ripped open from top to bottom.
-Mark 15:34 and Matthew 27:46

Answer 10

Many sources say he died from a broken heart. Literally.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 11

Exactly the way his Father intended!
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