Did You Know?

 Would the Romans permit a normal burial for someone such as Jesus, whom they had executed on the stake? 

MANY are familiar with the account of Jesus' being human between two criminals and executed on a stake.  (Matthew  27:35-38) There has been controversy, though, over the accuracy of the Bible account that Jesu' corpse was thereafter prepared for burial and put in a tomb. - MARK 15:42-46.

Some critics of the Gospels hav doubted that the one executed would have been allowed to receive a proper burial, such as is in a tomb.  Instead, a different treatment thought  more likely. Journal Ariel Sabar, writing in the Smithsonian magazine, explains the background of that view:  "Crucifixion was a punishment reserved for the dregs of socieity, and some experts had scoffed at the idea that  Romans would accept anyone so dispatched the dignity of a proper internment."  The Romans wanted to subject condemned criminals to the worst possible humiliation so the bodies would often have been left on the stake for scavenging animals. The remains might thereafter merely be tossed into a common grave. 

Note: The think is a follower of Christ got permission to take Jesus' body down and give him a burial himself. Why would the Romans argue with that?  If they didn't have to bother doing it. What is the problem? The Bible was written by God through his apostles and Jehovah God does not lie!   Everything he has ever prophesied has  always come true. 

Next time:  Did You Know?  Would the Romans permit a normal burial for someone such as Jesus, whom they had just executed on the stake? -Conclusion

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