Joseph B. Wirthlin

The Gospels record that nearly everywhere the Savior went, He was surrounded by multitudes of people. Some hoped that He would heal them; others came to hear Him speak. Others came for practical advice. Toward the end of His mortal ministry, some came to mock and ridicule Him and to clamor for His crucifixion.

American Businessman

Miroslav Volf

The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.

Croatian Theologian

John Shelby Spong

Perhaps the most telling witness against the claim of accurate history for the Bible comes when we read the earliest narrative of the crucifixion found in Mark's gospel and discover that it is not based on eyewitness testimony at all.

American Clergyman

Vivienne Westwood

When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.

English Designer

Deepak Chopra

The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.

American Speaker

Roma Downey

A.D.' will focus on life after the crucifixion and the dangers that the disciples faced in the aftermath of Jesus' resurrection.

Irish Actress

Kenneth Scott Latourette

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

American Historian

Simone Weil

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

French Philosopher

Lou Holtz

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

American Coach

Peter O'Toole

Irish Actor

Crucifixion was a brutal punishment in ancient times, often for severe crimes.

Ancient Punishment

The word carries a heavy, somber tone due to its historical cruelty.

Gruesome Imagery

Frequently associated with Roman execution methods.

Roman Practice

Crucifixion is central to Christian beliefs about Jesus' sacrifice.

Religious Significance

Christians specifically remember Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday.

Good Friday

Art, music, and literature often explore the theme of Jesus' crucifixion.

Cultural Depictions

Used to describe extreme suffering or a significant ordeal.

Metaphorical Use

Carries a strong connotation of agony or being wronged.

Emotional Weight

 unsustainable rate these are the apex predators in the sea and you can't remove that without the house of cards coming down and this picture I thought would ended up being the lead picture in the story because it almost looked like a crucifixion you know it had this this personality to it and maybe spoke to the the notion of a

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 and because it's a pelagic animal, it had these great big pectoral fins like we saw on the blue shark earlier and as I framed it up in my camera's view finder it sort of struck me as a crucifixion and I thought that maybe that would give some empathy to these animals that really are in trouble and need our help.

Swimming With Sharks:...

 jeselsohn stone named for respected antiquities collector david jeselsohn has recently surfaced I don't have anything like it of such a long prophetic biblical inscription from that time on stone the jeselsohn stone threatens to destroy the claim that christ's crucifixion and resurrection

The Messiah Before...

 and as painful as possible, like crucifixion, disembowelment, breaking on the wheel. Respectable people kept slaves. For all our flaws, we have abandoned these barbaric practices. So, do you think it's human nature that's changed? Not exactly. I think we still harbor instincts

Steven Pinker and...

 before his unconventional wisdom got him into trouble. His enemies had him arrested, and he was executed by Rome in the standard means by which rabble-rousers were put to death, crucifixion. But shortly after he was buried, women found his tomb empty and quickly spread word,

The five major world...

 of building market dominance. But if a nonprofit organization ever had a dream of building magnificent scale that required that for six years, no money was going to go to the needy, it was all going to be invested in building this scale, we would expect a crucifixion.

The way we think about...

 made with his spear here we can clearly see the strong flows of blood after the body was laid in the horizontal position and Kirsten thinks those blood flows are a telltale forensic sign of Jesus's true condition after the crucifixion

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 interesting side note by the way we also couldn't talk about the crucifixion all right ed people are eating but even when we're that far along there's still one final problem and that's fact-checking

Fact-checking the Bible...

 daughter both recovered and now every year he pays for this blessing with his own flesh and blood through self-flagellation and crucifixion I use what you call barbed wire for my crown

Man Crucified Every Year...

 time of his crucifixion and resurrection the portrayal of such an honoured figure as a former prostitute could be one of the greatest character assassinations in history