 | Greek antiquities - 1848 - 1322 pages
...xxiii. 16 j St. John, xix. 1. 6.) The criminal was next stripped of his clothes and nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method,...leave the body on the cross after death. The breaking "' the legs of the thieves, mentioned in the Go»pel«, wai accidental ; because by the Jewish law,... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 432 pages
...Dr. Kitto's Cyclopaedia, art. ' Crucifixion.' — TRANSLATOR. ' The criminal was nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method,...Instances are recorded of persons who survived nine days." — Dr. Wm. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, art. ' Crux.' — TRANSLATOR. " Peter,... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1848 - 420 pages
...Dr. Kitto's Cyclopadia, art. ' Crucifixion.' — TRANSLATOR. ' The criminal was nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method,...Instances are recorded of persons who survived nine days.' — Dr. Wm. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, art. ' Crux.' — TRANSLATOR. " Peter,... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1859 - 1334 pages
...persons who nine days. It was usual to leave the the cross after death. The breaking o! zjfg *ji|£of the thieves, mentioned in the Gospels, was accidental...the bodies could not remain on the cross during the Sabbath-day. (Lipsius, Dt Crua ; Casaubon, Exer. Axtitara*. xvi. 77.) [aj.j CRYPTA (tram irpwrTW, to... | |
 | John Hopkins Morison - Bible - 1861 - 550 pages
...crucifixion which they had demanded. The criminal was next stripped of his clothes, and nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method, as the sufferer was left to die of hunger. The body was not supported by the nails, but by a piece of wood which passed between the legs. Instances... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1868 - 492 pages
...before sentence was pronounced. The criminal was next stripped of his clothes and nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method,...the bodies could not remain on the cross during the Sabbath-day. CRYPTA {from крипте«', to conceal), a crypt. Amongst the Romans, any long narrow... | |
 | William Smith - Classical antiquities - 1870 - 1312 pages
...xxiii. 16; St. John, xix. 1. 6.) The criminal was next stripped of his clothes and nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method,...the "bodies could not remain on the cross during the Sabbath-day. (Lipsius, De Cruce ,' Casaubon, Exer. Antibaron. xvi. 77.) [BJ] CRYPT A (from Kpv-rrrei^... | |
 | Alvah Hovey - Bible - 1881 - 618 pages
...The first act in crucifixion was to lay the cross on the ground and nail or bind the victim to it ; "the latter was the more painful method, as the sufferer was left to die of hunger." The language of Thomas (John » : a) proves that in this rase the body was fastened to the miss by... | |
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The criminal was next stripped of his clothes and nailed or bound to the cross. The latter was the more painful method, as the sufferer was left to die of hunger. Instances are recorded of persons who survived nine days. 