A form of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross and left to die.
A method of execution used in the days of the Savior. A person's hands and feet were nailed or tied to a cross.
When Jesus was put to death on a cross. A form of capital punishment.
An ancient method of execution; when written with a capital C, refers to Jesus' death on the cross
Christ typically wears a red loincloth, is hung from a black cross and is attended by Mary and St. John the Evangelist. Additional details include: the black sun and red moon, the tomb of Adam and skull beneath the cross, Mary's arm upraised in grief and the two crucified thieves.
the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
the death of Jesus on the cross
the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
putting Christ to death by nailing him to a cross.
Death upon the cross; especially, that of Christ on Mount Calvary
A form of execution of criminals used by the ancient Romans in which the offender is nailed through his wrists and ankles to a cross. A crucified person usually died from suffocation after becoming too exhausted to pull himself up in order to breathe. Besides Christ Himself (Matt. 27:35-50), the Apostles Peter, Andrew, James the Less, and Simon were also crucified.
the most severe method of torture and execution used by the Romans and many other nations of the ancient world. It was used for slaves and criminals. The victim was nailed to a wooden cross and left to die.
a symbol of the ego's attack on God and therefore on His Son, witnessing to the " reality" of suffering, sacrifice, victimization, and death which the world seems to manifest; also refers to the killing of Jesus, an extreme example that taught that our true Identity of love can never be destroyed, for death has no power over life.
Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution, where the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (possible as a variation a pole or beam) and left to hang there until death.
