Crucifixion
- noun
- /ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən/
- And the place of Christ's crucifixion was recorded as Golgotha.
- the crucifixion of Christ
- the crucifixion of Jesus
- crucifixion and resurrection
Jesus Christ did not die of a crucifixion.
- Jesus Christ did not die of a crucifixion.
- But we know Saul of Tarsus became the apostle Paul one to three years after the crucifixion.
- But doesn't the need to do so at least slightly lower your credence in the text to the date of Jesus's crucifixion?
- When Christ is the night before the crucifixion, which in principle he knows is coming, he asks God to relieve him of his burden.
- When after the crucifixion of Jesus, the Essenes were persecuted and they fled to four corners of the earth.
- And after a whole series of adventures post crucifixion, he eventually makes his way to England.
- The same words you see in the gospels also says that he would be crucified gives the details of crucifixion.
Examples
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Centuries after his crucifixion, Christ's followers had grown exponentially and had started a religious war against the pagans.
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Many Christians gather to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus during Good Friday services.
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Did Christ ever consider, "Is this crucifixion best for me and my family?"
Blog text (18) -
There they shared bread and wine, just as their Lord Jesus had done the evening before his crucifixion.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Christian holy places include sites believed to have been the scenes of the crucifixion and the burial of Jesus.
Academic text (1996) -
We also believe that the crucifixion was critical to the atonement of Christ.
Blog text (4) -
Mr. Strobel, the crucifixion of Jesus is one of the best-attested events in the ancient world.
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Jesus, when speaking to His disciples of His upcoming crucifixion, said this in John 16:22-24:
Blog text (12) -
Rather, the symbol evokes images of Calvary, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal life, and other Christian concepts.
Academic text (2011) -
Beyond that, historian Gary Habermas lists 39 ancient sources for Jesus, from which he enumerates more than 100 reported facts about his life, teachings, crucifixion, and resurrection.
Synonyms
Putting a person to death as punishment for a crime
The killing of Jesus by nailing him to a cross, important in Christianity
The suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross
Compounds
The killing of Jesus by nailing him to a cross, important in Christianity
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crucifixion comes from Latin parts crux 'cross' and fix 'to fasten'. So it literally means 'fastening to a cross', which explains why it names the death of Jesus by being nailed or tied to a cross.