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10 unusual facts about ''Crucifixion of Jesus


Ardboe High Cross

The west face of the head of the Cross is carved of scenes from the Passion of Christ, and also the Crucifixion.

Biddlestone Chapel

The stained glass in the east window is attributed to William Wailes, and depicts the Crucifixion.

Cherry Sisters

The material had strong patriotic and religious themes; in one scene, Jessie was suspended from a cross in an imitation of the crucifixion.

Grade I listed churches in Shropshire

The east window contains stained glass dated 1893 by Kempe depicting the Crucifixion.

Malmesbury Market Cross

A carving in relief of the Crucifixion (visible right of centre in the illustration) and figures of several saints have survived the Reformation on the open lantern, although the lower niches for figures are now empty.

Robert Ortlieb

In 1957 a nine-foot walnut statue by Ortlieb of the Crucifixion of Jesus entitled "For They Know Not What They Do" was placed in Westwood Community Methodist Church.

Skazhi, ne Molchi

After the group sing in the second verse, it features the woman standing up from her couch and she stands with her hands wide, a similar pose to the Crucifixion of Jesus.

St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth

The window is a pointed arch with three lights (sections of window separated by mullions), and it has a stained glass of the Crucifixion of Jesus that was installed as a memorial in 1907.

St Mary's Church, Cilcain

The east window contains stained glass which is said to be dated 1546; it depicts the Crucifixion.

Three Wooden Crosses

These crosses stand in the traditional Christian formation of a tall cross in the middle and two slightly shorter crosses on each side representing the Crucifixion of Jesus.


Death of God theology

This negation is subsequently itself negated at the Crucifixion of Jesus, resulting in the emergence of the Holy Spirit, God as both concrete (the church) and absolute (spiritual community).

Doubting Thomas

The typical "touching" representation formed one of a number of scenes sometimes placed around a central Crucifixion of Jesus, and is one of the scenes shown on the Irish Muiredach's High Cross, and the subject of a large relief in the famous Romanesque sculpted cloister at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos.

Father Ernetti's Chronovisor: The Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine

Father Marcello Pellegrino Maria Ernetti stated that he watched Christ dying on the cross, and attended a performance of a previously unknown play by the Roman playwright Quintus Ennius.

Holy Sponge

It was dipped in vinegar (or in some translations sour wine) and offered to Christ to drink during the Crucifixion, according to Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; and John 19:29.

St Patrick's Church, Liverpool

On the east wall above the altar is a large painting of the Crucifixion executed in about 1834 by Nicaise de Keyser of Antwerp.

The Shadow of Nazareth

The Shadow of Nazareth is a 1913 silent movie that takes place in Jerusalem at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus and tells the story of a vain woman named Judith, her brother Judas Iscariot, and her two admirers, a thief named Barabbas, and Caiaphas, the high priest of Jerusalem.