1. Crucifixion was invented by the Persians in 300 BC, and perfected by the Romans in 100 BC.
2. It is the most painful death ever invented by man and is where we get our term “excruciating.”
3. It was reserved primarily for the most vicious of male criminals.
4. Jesus refused the anesthetic wine which was offered to Him by the Roman soldiers because of His promise in Matthew 26: 29, “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
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