\u00cd forn\u00f6ld var algengt a\u00f0 festa sakamenn upp \u00e1 kross \u00ed refsingarskyni og til \u00feess a\u00f0 ni\u00f0url\u00e6gja \u00fe\u00e1 fyrir allra augum.\u00a0 \u00c1 d\u00f6gum Jes\u00fa t\u00f3ku R\u00f3mverjar menn af l\u00edfi me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 krossfesta \u00fe\u00e1.\u00a0 Dau\u00f0ama\u00f0ur var bundinn fastur me\u00f0 reipum \u00e1 tr\u00e9kross e\u00f0a a\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum kosti negldur \u00e1 hann. Sumir krossar voru \u00ed laginu eins og b\u00f3kstafurinn T (Ant\u00f3n\u00edusarkrossinn), a\u00f0rir (t.d. Latneski krossinn) l\u00edkari reikningsmerkinu pl\u00fas (+).\u00a0 \u00d3t\u00edndir gl\u00e6pamenn, \u00f3hl\u00fd\u00f0nir \u00fer\u00e6lar og forsprakkar upp\u00feota voru venjulega krossfestir.<\/p>\n
Eftir a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur a\u00f0 haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 d\u00e6mdur til krossfestingar, var hann l\u00e1tinn bera krossinn \u00e1 aft\u00f6kusta\u00f0inn, \u00fe\u00f3 stundum a\u00f0eins \u00feversl\u00e1na.\u00a0 Oft voru menn sviptir kl\u00e6\u00f0um og bar\u00f0ir \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feeir voru negldir upp \u00e1 krossinn.\u00a0 Handleggirnir voru festir \u00e1 \u00feversl\u00e1na. \u00cd \u00feessari s\u00e1rsaukafullu stellingu \u00e1tti hinn krossfesti erfitt me\u00f0 andardr\u00e1tt og \u00fear kom a\u00f0 hann kafna\u00f0i.\u00a0 \u00deess voru d\u00e6mi, a\u00f0 menn lif\u00f0u allt a\u00f0 viku \u00e1 krossinum.<\/p>\n
\u00deeir sem brutu alvarlega gegn l\u00f6gum e\u00f0a tr\u00faarbr\u00f6g\u00f0um gy\u00f0inga voru gr\u00fdttir til dau\u00f0a.\u00a0 H\u00f3pur manna neyddi hinn \u00e1k\u00e6r\u00f0a til \u00feess a\u00f0 leggjast ni\u00f0ur og hratt honum svo fram af h\u00f6mrum.\u00a0 S\u00ed\u00f0an var velt yfir hann steinhnullungum uns hann var dau\u00f0ur og l\u00edk hans loks huli\u00f0 me\u00f0 grj\u00f3ti.<\/p>\n
Ef Jes\u00fas hef\u00f0i broti\u00f0 l\u00f6g gy\u00f0inga hef\u00f0i hann veri\u00f0 gr\u00fdttur.\u00a0En hann var k\u00e6r\u00f0ur fyrir a\u00f0 efna til upp\u00feots gegn r\u00f3mversku stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6ldunum me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta vi\u00f0gangast a\u00f0 menn k\u00f6llu\u00f0u hann „konung gy\u00f0inga“.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00deessi konungstitill var sakargiftin, sem ritu\u00f0 var yfir h\u00f6f\u00f0i hans \u00e1 krossinum (27.37).<\/p>\n
Gu\u00f0 vann sigur \u00e1 dau\u00f0anum me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 reisa Jes\u00fa aftur til l\u00edfs eftir krossfestinguna.\u00a0 \u00dev\u00ed t\u00e1knar krossinn \u00e6 s\u00ed\u00f0an m\u00e1tt Gu\u00f0s til \u00feess a\u00f0 fyrirgefa syndir og gl\u00e6\u00f0a me\u00f0 m\u00f6nnum n\u00fdtt l\u00edf (1Kor 1.18-24).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"