Calling Out

This account from a medical doctor details the physical suffering of crucifixion: “The legionnaire … drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. … With both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. … Excruciating pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms … the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves. As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He...