What? Hammering nails into Jesus and hanging did not break any bones? I know they didn't break Jesus' legs.

Question

The Bible says "Not a bone of his body was broken."

Answer 1

Not only were Jesus' legs not broken, but hundreds of years earlier, it was prophesied in the OT than none of His bones would be broken.

Answer 2

and who wrote it? nothing about what occurred at the crucifixion was recorded until decades later, and then only in a manner to show he was the fulfillment of prophecies from centuries past.
it also doesn't say that the two men crucified with him had their legs broken, but it does suggest it. the romans used crucifixion as a means of capital punishment, and as an object lesson. being a very cruel death anyway, the romans were not known to show mercy, especially to those who had been crucified. thus, the breaking of the legs of a crucified person would be an act of mercy which would go totally against the roman character and was probably never done to hasten death, nor to shorten the sufferring of the crucified individual.
another point never mentioned is this: were the two thieves both men, one man and one woman, or two women? tradition and history do not address this point, but it is assumed (perhaps wrongly) that it was two men. unfortunatly, assumptions are not truth, so how can anyone claim it is? christianity is founded on tradition, and assumptions. as such, it isn't the real truth. mankind cannot find truth in this world, and all attempts to do so will always fail. faith is irrelevant where truth is central to the question, because, like assumptions, it has no basis in reality.

Answer 3

The nails were driven through His wrists (the wrist was considered to be part of the hand in ancient times). The wrist bones have many spaces where a nail could have been driven through, and this would drive the small bones apart, but wouldn't break any.

Many paintings erroneously show the nails as driven through the palms of His hands, but experiments on cadavers show that the nails would have torn through the flesh of the hands from the victim's own weight and they would have fallen from the cross.

Driving them through the wrist would hold the victim in place.

Answer 4

Cameron is pandering to the public and his "find" will be proven to be just bad science: - The statistical analysis is not rigorous - The name "Jesus" was a popular name at that time, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries - There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child - The earliest followers of Jesus never called him, "Jesus, son of Joseph" - It's unlikely Joseph, who had died earlier in Galilee, would have been buried in Jerusalem - The Talipot tomb and ossuaries probably would have belonged to a rich family, which is not a historical match for Jesus - Fourth-century church historian Eusebius makes quite clear the body of James, brother of Jesus, was buried alone near the temple mount. - The two Mary ossuaries do not mention anyone from Migdal, but just Mary, a common name - By all ancient accounts, the tomb of Jesus was empty, making it unlikely that any body was moved, allowed to decay for a year, then be put into an ossuary. - If Jesus had remained in the tomb, first-century opponents of Christianity would most certainly have found His body and put it on public display. - Amos Kloner, the first archaeologist to examine the site, said the conclusions cannot be supported by the evidence but it's a way to make money on television. He would have nothing to do with supporting the movie's assertions. "It's nonsense," he said. - James, the half-brother of Jesus and author of the book of James, the early leader of the church in Jerusalem, was martyred for his faith. Why does James make no mention in his letter that Jesus was not bodily resurrected? When he was about to die why didn't he just recant his beliefs and say, 'Okay, okay! My brother didn't rise from the dead. Here's where we took him. Here's where his bones are. Here's our family tomb. We made the whole thing up?' People will generally not die for a lie when they know it's a lie. Why would James die perpetuating a lie when it would have been so easy to disprove? In fact why would any of the apostles go to their deaths for something they knew to be false? As I have expected, there has been **no scientific or historical find** that has ever been shown to disprove the authenticity of the bible's history or theology. Kind of sad to see that all it takes is a press conference for folks to form life-altering opinions versus taking the time to rationally examine all the issues and dig a little deeper. It is the Macdonald's generation: fast, superficial, and never satisfying.

Answer 5

Yes, it can be done. There is a place directly in the center of your hand that if you placed a large nail through it, the bones will separate enough for it to go through without breaking them. The same with the feet. Also, they placed nails through the wrists to keep from tearing the nails in the palms out. If this happened, the prisoner would be able to get loose and get down.

Answer 6

The nails are positioned below the wrist bones and driven through the hollow made by the radius and ulna. It is doubtful that the nails were driven into His palm, since the flesh would rip through and he would fall off the cross.

The nails in the feet are put in the space between the 2nd and 3rd flanges. His shoulders were probably dislocated due to being stretched onto the cross.

Answer 7

It definitely would. There are eight bones in the wrist and thirteen in the upper foot. It would absolutely break bones, not to mention the beatings and falling over while carrying a three hundred pound cross... he would've had a broken nose and ribs, cheekbone, kneecaps, and other things. Maybe even a skull fracture, who knows?

Answer 8

it seems to me that you made it your life-goal to expose God a a liar and the Bible as untruth, based on the type of questions you're asking!

you are focussing on hte less important issues. Get to know God in Christ and you will find the answers to your questions.
There are some things we also do not know the answer too, but choose to believe, for the joy of knowing God and Jesus surpasses all.
I love God and also have a millin questions - that is why I believe that one day, when I am with Him for eternity, I can ask Him about it. Right now I am focussing on loving Him and serving Him according to HIs will.

Answer 9

If you feel the bones in your hands and feet, there are many and they are small. The nails went between these bones. This is very possible and very conceivable.

Answer 10

Hmmm... last I checked, there are spaces between our bones. I believe the spikes would have fit nicely into these spaces...