Golgotha

GOLGOTHA

Crucifixion was a particularly cruel form of execution reserved normally for slaves and for political insurgents. The Roman writer Cicero called it ‘the most cruel and revolting punishment’ and the Jew Josephus called it ‘the most pitiable of deaths’. A crucified person would hang in agony for hours, sometimes days, before finally dying. And it was a horribly public form of execution, designed as a deterrent to passers-by. Human nature being what it is, Golgotha, the public gibbet, would be a place where many would gather…