# crucify #

## Definition: ##

The term "crucify" means to execute someone by attaching him to a cross and leaving him there to suffer and die in great pain.
 
* The victim was either tied to the cross or nailed to it. Crucified people died from blood loss or from suffocation.
* The ancient Roman Empire frequently used this method of execution to punish and kill people who were terrible criminals or who had rebelled against the authority of their government.
* The Jewish religious leaders asked the Roman governor to order his soldiers to crucify Jesus. The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. He suffered there for six hours, and then died.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* The term "crucify" could be translated as, "kill on a cross" or "execute by nailing to a cross."

(See also: [cross](../kt/cross.md) **·** [Rome, Roman](../other/rome.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Acts 02:22-24](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/02/22)
* [Galatians 02:20-21](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gal/02/20)
* [Luke 23:20-22](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/23/20)
* [Luke 23:33-34](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/23/33)
* [Matthew 20:17-19](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/20/17)
* [Matthew 27:23-24](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/27/23)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

  __*[39-11](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/39-11)__ But the Jewish leaders and the crowd shouted, "__Crucify__ him (Jesus)!"
  __*[39-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/39-12)__ Pilate became afraid that the crowd would begin to riot, so he ordered his soldiers to __crucify__ Jesus.played a major role in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
  __*[40-01](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/40-01)__  After the soldiers mocked Jesus, they led him away to __crucify__ him. They made him carry the cross on which he would die.
  __*[40-04](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/40-04)__ Jesus was __crucified__ between two robbers.
  __*[43-06](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/43-06)__ "Men of Israel, Jesus was a man who did many mighty signs and wonders by the power of God, as you have seen and already know. But you __crucified__ him!" 
  __*[43-09](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/43-09)__ "You __crucified__ this man, Jesus."
  __*[44-08](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/44-08)__ Peter answered them, "This man stands before you healed by the power of Jesus the Messiah. You __crucified__ Jesus, but God raised him to life again!"