Waverly Church of Christ

The ancient Persians invented Crucifixion c.500-400 B.C. It seems that Alexander the Great introduced the practice in Egypt and Although the Romans did not invent crucifixion, they perfected it as a form of Carthage, and the Romans learned of it from the Carthaginians. Although the Romans did not invent crucifixion, they perfected it as a form of torture and capital punishment that was designed to produce a slow death with maximum pain and suffering. Crucifixion is probably the most painful death ever invented by humans.The English word “excruciating” is derived from the word crucifixion, acknowledging it as a form of slow, painful suffering.The apostle Paul spoke of crucifixion many times in the New Testament, for a sampling, consider 1 Corinthians 1:17, 18, 21-24. When Christ “gave Himself up for me,” what did He give?