CRUCIFIXION

CRUCIFIXION – A form of execution of criminals used by the ancient Romans in which the offender is nailed through his wrists and ankles to a cross. A crucified person usually died from suffocation after becoming too exhausted to pull himself up in order to breathe. Besides Christ Himself ^{(Matt. 27:35-50),} the Apostles Peter, Andrew, James the Less, and Simon were also crucified.