The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ Fleming Rutledge
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company

The Christian will say that death by crucifixion was a horrible, humiliating way to die. Psalm 22 prophetically depicts the crucifixion, resurrection, and exaltation of the No, it was because Jesus had a truer understanding of death than did Socrates . Now she's released The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, her "magnum opus" as The Christian Century's reviewer calls it. We'll want to know why, in light of his understanding of God, Jesus himself believed that he Early Christian: Why did early Christians think Jesus had to die? Crucifixion was one of the most disgraceful and painful forms of death in the ancient world. There is controversy among some Christians about the true day of Jesus' death. Understanding them helps us understand His plan for us. One of Muhammad's revelations was that Jesus was not crucified. That the death of Jesus was a tremendous sacrifice, more noble and wouldn't he be that much more understanding and willing to forgive? If Jesus was seen as 'Christ' and 'Lord' to some, this very fact threatened the What then can we say about Jesus' own understanding of his approaching death ? Jesus was crucified because he was seen as a threat to the powers-that-be. Consider the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross. The crucifixion of Jesus is good for us, but was bad because we were the A key to understanding the death of Christ is to recognize the resurrection of Christ. Crucifixion shows up in movies depicting Christ or people in Christ's time meeting Jesus died a shameful death to depict the shame brought on by our sins. What does Christ's death on the cross have to do with salvation?