Library Home>Boyd's Bible Dictionary>Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C>Crucifixion (#108453)

Crucifixion

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

Listen to This Article

(fixing to the cross). A method of death punishment by fixing to a cross (Gen. 40:19¹⁹Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. (Genesis 40:19); Esther 7:10¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)). Limbs sometimes broken to hasten death (John 19:31³¹The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (John 19:31)). Sepulture denied (Deut. 21:22-23²²And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: ²³His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. (Deuteronomy 21:22‑23)), but an exception allowed in Christ’s case (Matt. 27:58⁵⁸He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. (Matthew 27:58)).

Click here to show subject links in the text for more information.

Previous Article

Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C

• Crisping-pins

• Crucifixion

• Cuthah, Cuthites

• Cuttings of the Flesh