Good News Publishers The cross (pack of 25), paperback/lindsay terry

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There have been few methods of execution more excruciatingly painful than crucifixion, and the Romans mastered it.

By design, death on a cross was not quick.

Soldiers would first whip the victim with a scourge and then force him to carry his own crossbeam to the execution site.

Once suspended on a cross, the hours in a strained position took a toll, causing difficulty in breathing and often resulting in suffocation.

Some victims would hang alive for days, finally succumbing to d.