The Tomb of Jesus — Page 11
11. Joseph Klausner holds the opinion that nothing could be more repellent to the Jews than "a crucified Messiah," "a curse of God that was hanged. "10. How, then could Jesus, an honoured, beloved and chosen prophet of God, die an accursed death a punishment inflicted upon thieves and malefactors. It follows, therefore, that. God would save him from such a punishment. . IV. A matter of supreme importance bearing on the question under discussion lies in the fact that death by crucifixion was exceedingly tardy. Jesus stayed on the cross for too short a space of time to render possible his death. Two thieves crucified along with Jesus did not die when taken down from the cross. Hence, apparently Jesus could not have died so soon. The following quotations are highly illuminating on this point: "Crucifixion was a much more lingering kind of death, and, in its earlier stages, a much less excruciating one than we are apt to imagine, or than otherwise it would have been. As there was but little loss of blood, the nails that pierced the extremities touching no large bloodvessel, and closing the wounds they made, 10. Joseph Klausner, Jesus of Nazareth, P. 357. -