Many wish to think Christ was nailed to a “t” Crux Immissa, but History shows that he was impaled on a stake.
Crux Simplex was a single upright stake or post upon which the victim was tied or impaled. It was the simplest, most primitive cross used for capitol punishment of criminals. The victim’s hands and feet were bound and nailed to the stake using just one nail through both wrists and one nail through both ankles
Crux Commissa was a capital T-shaped structure, also known as St. Anthony’s cross or the Tau Cross, named after the Greek letter (“Tau”) that it resembles. The horizontal beam of the Crux Commissa or “connected cross” was connected at the top of the vertical stake. This cross was very similar in shape and function to the Crux Immissa.
Crux Immissa was the familiar lower case, t-shaped structure Immissa means “inserted.” This cross had a vertical stake with a horizontal cross beam (called a patibulum) inserted across the upper portion. Also called the Latin cross.
Crux Decussata was an X-shaped cross, also called St. Andrew’s cross. The Crux Decussata was named after the Roman “decussis,” or Roman numeral ten.
Herodotus records its presence in one form or another among the Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians, and more. the label can be applied to just about any method of attaching someone to a stake or pole for exposure until death.
When crucified, a person could be tied, nailed, or even impaled on the pole. The object might be a cross, it might be a large T, it might be an X, or it might simply be a single stake. Seneca wrote: “I see crosses there, not just of one kind but made in many different ways: some have their victims with head down to the ground; some impale their private parts; others stretch out their arms on the gibbet.”
The vertical pole was always left in place to be re-used over and over. If there wasn’t enough wood for large-scale executions, a simple cross (crux simplex) of just a single stake was likely used.
Josephus wrote about Titus’ treatment of the Jews: So the soldiers, out of the wrath and hatred they bore the Jews, nailed those they caught, one after one way, and another after another, to the crosses, by way of jest, when their multitude was so great, that room was wanting for the crosses, and crosses wanting for the bodies.”
Crucifixion was not a form of execution used by the Jews — in fact, it’s contrary to Jewish laws that require a person hung on a tree to be buried the same day.
The 6000 captured at the end of the revolt of Spartacus were all crucified by the Romans along the Appian Way, and in 519 B.C. Darius of Persia crucified 3000 political opponents. The Carthaginians sometimes crucified their own unsuccessful generals.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/crucifixion/g/crucifixion.htm
Ac 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
De 21:23 His 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. KJV
Crux Simplex was a single upright stake or post upon which the victim was tied or impaled. It was the simplest, most primitive cross used for capitol punishment of criminals. The victim’s hands and feet were bound and nailed to the stake using just one nail through both wrists and one nail through both ankles
Crux Commissa was a capital T-shaped structure, also known as St. Anthony’s cross or the Tau Cross, named after the Greek letter (“Tau”) that it resembles. The horizontal beam of the Crux Commissa or “connected cross” was connected at the top of the vertical stake. This cross was very similar in shape and function to the Crux Immissa.
Crux Immissa was the familiar lower case, t-shaped structure Immissa means “inserted.” This cross had a vertical stake with a horizontal cross beam (called a patibulum) inserted across the upper portion. Also called the Latin cross.
Crux Decussata was an X-shaped cross, also called St. Andrew’s cross. The Crux Decussata was named after the Roman “decussis,” or Roman numeral ten.
Herodotus records its presence in one form or another among the Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians, and more. the label can be applied to just about any method of attaching someone to a stake or pole for exposure until death.
When crucified, a person could be tied, nailed, or even impaled on the pole. The object might be a cross, it might be a large T, it might be an X, or it might simply be a single stake. Seneca wrote: “I see crosses there, not just of one kind but made in many different ways: some have their victims with head down to the ground; some impale their private parts; others stretch out their arms on the gibbet.”
The vertical pole was always left in place to be re-used over and over. If there wasn’t enough wood for large-scale executions, a simple cross (crux simplex) of just a single stake was likely used.
Josephus wrote about Titus’ treatment of the Jews: So the soldiers, out of the wrath and hatred they bore the Jews, nailed those they caught, one after one way, and another after another, to the crosses, by way of jest, when their multitude was so great, that room was wanting for the crosses, and crosses wanting for the bodies.”
Crucifixion was not a form of execution used by the Jews — in fact, it’s contrary to Jewish laws that require a person hung on a tree to be buried the same day.
The 6000 captured at the end of the revolt of Spartacus were all crucified by the Romans along the Appian Way, and in 519 B.C. Darius of Persia crucified 3000 political opponents. The Carthaginians sometimes crucified their own unsuccessful generals.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/crucifixion/g/crucifixion.htm
Ac 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
De 21:23 His 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. KJV
