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Originally Posted by New Era
Isn't this counter to the Roman crucifixion method? From what I've read the Romans crucified an individual and then left the body on the cross to rot as a message to the local population. Guards were posted to prevent bodies being taken down from the cross as this was a way of sending a message and not allowing the crucified to be buried in a traditional manner. Is this not accurate?
I don't think any of these details are likely to sway anyone's beliefs, but I'm curious what your expertise has to say about these details. I just find the story and the history interesting more than anything.
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I doubt they would leave most bodies up there for long, first they needed to reuse the cross fairly frequently, secondly even in the reek of 1st century Rome the smell of hundreds of rotting bodies as they fell off their crosses as the arms and legs gave way after a few weeks and then were dragged about by dogs would be distasteful, my guess is most of the non important were taken down once dead (that could take a few days, it was a nasty death) and either the family took the body away or they were dumped in a pit, I also guess that this may be were the myth of resurrection came from, some of Jesus followers may have gone back and dug the body up to give him a more sacred burial, as the authorities were trying to kill off an embryonic religious movement I have no doubt they forbade the proper Jewish rituals of death and burial to try and really shame the movement.
Jesus reappearing may have just started as his body reappearing as a select trusted few followers were invited to take part in its ritual burial