WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -In the canonical gospels, Jesus is arrested and tried by the Sanhedrin, and then by Pontius Pilate, who sentences him to flagellation and then hands him over to soldiers for crucifixion. Jesus was stripped off his clothing and offered vinegar mixed with myrrh or gall (likely posca), to drink.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gospels portray an indecisive Pilate. They dragged him before Pilate to be tried for blasphemy-for claiming, they said, to be King of the Jews. And they pressured Pilate, the only one with power to impose a death sentence, to call for his crucifixion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crucifixion was invented by the Persians in 300-400BC and developed, during Roman times, into a punishment for the most serious of criminals. The upright wooden cross was the most common technique, and the time victims took to die would depend on how they were crucified.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jesus then gave a loud cry and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain hanging in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, the graves broke open, and many of God’s people who had died were raised to life.