What do we know today about what a person actually felt in terms of pain and agony throughout the entire crucifixion process from a medical point of view?
2007-08-06 13:53:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The person actually suffocated, that was the result of being crucified.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion
2007-08-06 13:57:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as Jesus was concerned he got a bit worse than most. He was beaten so badly he was not recognizable as being a human. As for the cross nails were driven into the the wrists and most likely into the side of the ankles. Then the tree was lifted and dropped into a hole jarring the whole body. The convicted men were then able to draw in breath but because of their position could not exhale. They were force to pull with their hands against the nails and push their legs against the nails in their feet in order to get into a position to exhale. That in and of itself would be painful enough but they were usually beaten before so that their backs would scrape against the wood and reopen or aggravate the wounds on their back. This would go on for hours and hours usually until they no longer had the strength to push themselves up and then they would suffocate. In the case of Jesus the legs were broken to speed up the process so they would suffocate sooner. Except Jesus was already dead and was spared the broken bones.
2007-08-06 21:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by linnea13 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a doctor, but this link will take you to an article that answers your question from a medical perspective.
Dr. Harrub is a medical doctor. His PhD is from the University of Tennessee School of Medicine in the field of neurobiology.
He wrote this along with Dr. Bert Thompson, PhD, Texas A & M University (Microbiology).
This article is titled: "An Examination of the Medical Evidence for the Physical Death of Christ "
2007-08-06 21:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is actually a guy who is experimenting with this (tying the subject to the cross not nailing) to see what is involved. The history channel did a special on this, I think with "Digging for the Truth." I'm sure the video is on youtube, I'll try to find a link.
2007-08-06 20:58:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure it's ever been possible to quantify another person's pain. Maybe there's an anesthesiologist out there that knows if it's even possible to objectively measure pain.
2007-08-06 21:00:59 · answer #5 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a book about that; a pathologists view of crucifixion.
Read about the Shroud of Turin, it's mentioned there.
2007-08-06 20:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it better to ask how we can love our neighbor as ourself and seek justice in the world for the poor and oppressed?
2007-08-06 20:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Gwen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Google it.
2007-08-06 21:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by Machaira 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋