Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Christ Photo EFE.
Today, Good Friday, the Catholic religion commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
As researcher André Leonardo Chevitarese explained, the sentence on the cross “was a widespread practice during the Roman Empire”. Further investigation added that this punishment was applied to slaves or rebels.
But, in addition, there are recent theories that speak about the scientific causes of his death. In the book The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Forensic Inquiry -The Crucifixion of Jesus: a forensic investigation, in Spanish- the forensic doctor Frederick Thomas Zugibe published at the beginning of 2000 conclusions conclusions.
There is scientific research that explains the causes of Christ’s death Photo EFE/ Jesús Diges.
To do this, he conducted real tests with wooden crosses 2.34 meters high and 2 meters long on the consequences of this cruel procedure on the body.
The volunteers, says a BBC note, are suspended on them and controlled using various current techniques to determine their heart rate, pulse, blood pressureamong other signsoo
Zugibe examined the three most widely accepted hypotheses about Jesus ’death: suffocation, heart attack and hemorrhagic shock.
As a first point, the Christian Answers site summarizes that for Zugibe the Piercing the median nerve of the hands with a nail can cause pain so intense and burning that even morphine cannot be calmed.. The theory maintained by Zugibe ensures that the nails were 12.5 centimeters long and that Jesus was nailed to the hands, but not in the middle of the palm, but “Just under the thumb”.
Both sources say that they will be like rays passing through the arm until they reach the nervous system.
Regarding the toenails, some investigations suggest that they would have been combined to intensify the torture.. “Rupture of the plantar nerve of the foot with a nail will have the same horrible effect,” Zugibe described.
He also added that the body position makes it difficult to breathe slowly and causes unbearable cramps. The book reports that volunteers were unable to support their backs against the cross and reported severe cramping caused by postural discomfort, in addition to constant tingling in the legs and thighs.
The crucifixion of Jesus is re -created around the world in Good Friday Photo EFE/ Will Oliver.
The causes of Jesus’ death
In conclusion, the work of Zugibe -who was a Rockland County forensic physician in New York until 2002 and one of the most popular references in the United States in that specialty- states that Jesus went into cardiac arrest due to hypovolemia.
That’s what it’s called decreased blood volume. That is, he would have died of a state of hemorrhagic shock.
“The pain and injury must have been so intense that he probably longed for his death,” he says in the book.
The Via Crucis narrates the death of Christ and takes place on Good Friday Photo EFE/ Jesús Diges.
the time of trouble
According to various investigations, would have died after three hours of torture. The account of the apostle St. John in the New Testament says that a Roman soldier pierced his left side and “The spear released a sudden jet of blood and water”.
Also, the BBC note mentioned that for doctor James Thompson “this sign not only indicates his death, at the same time it shows the rupture of the heart”.
Source: Clarin