Why did Jesus get naild on the cross?

Answer 1

First off Jesus was nailed to a stake not a cross, the cross was not used to torture people till later centuries to come. so in Jesus time period they used a stake or upright poll. the reason he was hung on the stake was because he was preaching about god and the Jewish religious leaders at that time didn't like that at all, and they wanted him killed. so through there connections with the roman government were able to get him killed.

Answer (and correction)

Contrary to the above, there is a huge amount of evidence that Jesus was indeed nailed to a cross and not a stake. The only group that refuses to believe that a cross was used as the method of Jesus' crucifixion is the group known as the Jehovah's Witnesses, because one of their leaders (erroneously) believed that a cross symbol was originally a pagan symbol. The confusion arose from a misinterpretation of stauros (cross) and monos stauros (stake)in the gospels and Paul's letters, but as none of the group's leaders have even been Greek experts, these words were interpreted very incorrectly. All Christian denominations, all Christian churches, Bible historians, Bible scholars, secular historians, theologians, archaeologists and members of other religions such as Islam and Judaism, almost without exception, affirm that Jesus died on a cross rather than a stake. The belief that the cross was not used at the time of Jesus flies in the face of all archaeological evidence. Even the catacombs in Rome - dating from the 1st century AD - depict Jesus (and others) being crucified on a cross-shaped cross.

The reason why he was executed in the first place is theological. Christians believe that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ by execution was a necessity for the salvation of the whole of humanity past, present and future. There are various theories as to why this had to be so, including Jesus paying the ultimate price for our sin by substituting himself for us on the Cross. But, suffice it to say, that if we accept Jesus is God incarnate, then on the Cross God himself suffered and died as a result of our sin - so that God himself knows what it is to be human, to suffer and to die. And only by this act can a relationship be reinstated between God and humanity - a relationship broken when humanity rebelled against God by its sinful nature. Christians see that the resurrection of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion was the inevitable conclusion; that by dying for our own sins, he conquered death finally and absolutely and by rising again restored that relationship between God and humanity and pointed the way to our own resurrection at the end of the world.

As to why crucifixion was used as the means of execution there is a much simpler reason. The Romans had two main methods of execution; firstly for Roman citizens there was the option of a swift beheading by sword that was a quick death. This was the means by which Paul - a Jew but also a Roman citizen was executed. Secondly for foreigners there was crucifixion which was regarded as the most brutal of all forms of execution both past and present. It was reserved for those foreigners who were regarded as the 'scum' of society. Therefore, the Jewish authorities, wishing to impart on Jesus a painful and humiliating death, called for crucifixion.

Although the death of Jesus is highly symbolic, there is nothing theologically symbolic about crucifixion itself. Had Jesus been alive bodily on earth today, say, in the USA, he would have been executed by lethal injection or electric chair; and Christians of the future would wear needles or chairs round their necks rather than crosses.

To pay the sin debt for all humanity. God had required a spotless sacrifice to cancel sin. Jesus was that sacrifice, so all mankind would be reconciled to God.

Answer 2

He died for the sins of the world. All mankind sins and falls away from God. God sent his son to die for mankind and save us from the eternal punishment we have merited by our actions. Because of our sin we deserve to go to hell. Because Jesus sacrificed his life for us we are able to go to heaven. On a different note, he was accused of blasphemy by the Pharisees. They were not allowed to kill him so they brought him to the civil authorities and said he had broken one of their laws but also he was accused of treason for proclaiming to be "king". This is why he was crucified.

Jesus was nailed to a cross because this was the punishment reserved for the worst criminals and rebellious slaves. The mob demanded it.

Answer 3

Crucifixion was an especially horrible, tortuous form of execution. The victim was positioned such that the arms were spread out, and the feet were placed on a downward-sloping platform. When the person was placed erect (such as upright on a cross), the victim's body essentially interfered with its own breathing.

Specifically, the person's legs would soon tire from standing on the slopnig platform; as the person rested his legs his body would assume a position that made it difficult to breathe, since the arms were spread. Thus, the victim faced a difficult choice: breathe, while the legs continued to tire, or rest the legs, and not be able to breathe.

In fact, the form of death for a person who has been crucified was asphyxiation -- a lack of oxygen to the brain. In an act of humanity, the judge who ordered the crucificaxion could, if the victim was still alive, order a guard to break the victim's legs; this would speed death since the victim now could not stand up to breathe.

The victim could be "attached" to the cross in a couple of ways: they could be tied to the cross, or they could be nailed to the cross. It was generally seen that nailing the victim to the cross was humiliating, and more painful in the short-term. (Ironically, the case can be made that nailing is actually more humane, since a person nailed to the cross generally died quicker than a person who was tied to the cross.)

Answer 4

That was how he died for our sins