Jesus Bearing His Cross
A Children's Bible Story
The Bible nowhere tells us what was the exact shape of
the cross on which our Saviour suffered and died. But
from inscriptions found on monuments and on old
coins, it is thought to have been "The Latin Cross,"
which in shape and form is like the one in the picture.
Criminals condemned to the death of the cross were
obliged to carry or bear their cross to the place of
execution, or the place where the cross was erected.
Jesus carried his cross for a time, and when unable to
bear it longer, the Roman soldiers compelled one
Simon, a man of Cyrene, to bear it with him, or after
Jesus. Death by the cross was a common method of
punishment among the Romans for the lowest slaves,
and for those who had committed the worst crimes.
Many thus punished would live for days, suffering the
the cross on which our Saviour suffered and died. But
from inscriptions found on monuments and on old
coins, it is thought to have been "The Latin Cross,"
which in shape and form is like the one in the picture.
Criminals condemned to the death of the cross were
obliged to carry or bear their cross to the place of
execution, or the place where the cross was erected.
Jesus carried his cross for a time, and when unable to
bear it longer, the Roman soldiers compelled one
Simon, a man of Cyrene, to bear it with him, or after
Jesus. Death by the cross was a common method of
punishment among the Romans for the lowest slaves,
and for those who had committed the worst crimes.
Many thus punished would live for days, suffering the
most terrible pain from the heat of the sun, the position in which the body was placed,
and from a tormenting thirst.
It was customary for the soldiers in charge of the execution to offer the criminal, after
he had been nailed to the cross, a mixture which would partially stupefy him, and to
some extent allay the pain; this Jesus did not take, but afterwards took a little sour
wine, or vinegar, which was the ordinary drink of the soldiers. On the top of the cross
was placed a tablet or inscription stating the crimes for which the punishment was
inflicted. "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus
of Nazareth the King of the Jews. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and
Greek, and Latin."
If the Saviour had been what his enemies said he was, only a man and a deceiver, why
were the graves opened, the land darkened for three hours, and the vail of the temple
rent from the top to the bottom? Some of the saints who had been dead arose from the
graves, walked about the city, and appeared unto many. "The centurion, and they that
were with him, watching Jesus," "feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of
God." Some people say that in the year 326 A.D., the empress Helena, mother of
Constantine the Great, went to Palestine, and near Jerusalem found the cross on which
Jesus died, and near it the crosses of the two thieves who were crucified with him.
and from a tormenting thirst.
It was customary for the soldiers in charge of the execution to offer the criminal, after
he had been nailed to the cross, a mixture which would partially stupefy him, and to
some extent allay the pain; this Jesus did not take, but afterwards took a little sour
wine, or vinegar, which was the ordinary drink of the soldiers. On the top of the cross
was placed a tablet or inscription stating the crimes for which the punishment was
inflicted. "And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus
of Nazareth the King of the Jews. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and
Greek, and Latin."
If the Saviour had been what his enemies said he was, only a man and a deceiver, why
were the graves opened, the land darkened for three hours, and the vail of the temple
rent from the top to the bottom? Some of the saints who had been dead arose from the
graves, walked about the city, and appeared unto many. "The centurion, and they that
were with him, watching Jesus," "feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of
God." Some people say that in the year 326 A.D., the empress Helena, mother of
Constantine the Great, went to Palestine, and near Jerusalem found the cross on which
Jesus died, and near it the crosses of the two thieves who were crucified with him.
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