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[Duke 2.0]

"Hey dad look, no hands!"

[Huesoo]

"Hey dad look, no hands!"

He could of said that on the cross aswell.

[alway]

Wait what's going on?

An XK-class end of the world scenario. Janet is angry.

*switches into a steriotypical southern black preacher voice* This apacolypse has now been thwarted! Thwarted by the powera JEEEEESSSSUUUSSSSS!!!

[Realmfighter]

"Hey dad look, no hands!"

He could of said that on the cross aswell.

Too soon man

Too soon

[MetalSlimeHunt]

"Hey dad look, no hands!"

He could of said that on the cross aswell.

Too soon man

Too soon

It might not even work, anyway. If we are talking Roman-style crucifixion, his hands are attached by iron nails. If Greek-style, iron bands.

...I know way too much about this method of execution.

[Realmfighter]

Wasn't he held up by his wrist, instead of his hands?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Nail placement
In popular depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus (possibly because in translations of John 20:25 the wounds are described as being "in his hands"), Jesus is shown with nails in his hands. But in Greek the word "χείρ", usually translated as "hand", referred to arm and hand together, and to denote the hand as distinct from the arm some other word was added, as "ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα" (he wounded the end of the χείρ, i.e., he wounded her hand).[19]

A possibility that does not require tying is that the nails were inserted just above the wrist, between the two bones of the forearm (the radius and the ulna).[20]

An experiment that was the subject of a documentary on the National Geographic Channel's Quest For Truth: The Crucifixion,[21] showed that a person can be suspended by the palm of the hand. Nailing the feet to the side of the cross relieves strain on the wrists by placing most of the weight on the lower body.

Another possibility, suggested by Frederick Zugibe, is that the nails may have been driven in at an angle, entering in the palm in the crease that delineates the bulky region at the base of the thumb, and exiting in the wrist, passing through the carpal tunnel.

A foot-rest (suppedaneum) attached to the cross, perhaps for the purpose of taking the person's weight off the wrists, is sometimes included in representations of the crucifixion of Jesus, but is not discussed in ancient sources. Some scholars interpret the Alexamenos graffito, the earliest surviving depiction of the Crucifixion, as including such a foot-rest.[22] Ancient sources do mention the sedile, a small seat attached to the front of the cross, about halfway down,[23][24][25] which could have served a similar purpose.

In 1968, archaeologists discovered at Giv'at ha-Mivtar in northeast Jerusalem the remains of one Jehohanan, who had been crucified in the first century. The remains included a heel bone with a nail driven through it from the side. The tip of the nail was bent, perhaps because of striking a knot in the upright beam, which prevented it being extracted from the foot. A first inaccurate account of the length of the nail led some to believe that it had been driven through both heels, suggesting that the man had been placed in a sort of sidesaddle position, but the true length of the nail, 11.5 centimetres (4.53 inches), suggests instead that in this case of crucifixion the heels were nailed to opposite sides of the upright.[26][27][28]

tl:dr No one can agree on anything about crucifixion.

[Realmfighter]

HISTORY IS AWESOME.

[Duke 2.0]

Chinese Jesus knows well enough what happened. Isn't that right, black Jesus?


"You got that right brother."

[Dakk]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Cthulhu Jesus agrees.

Spoiler'd due to HUEG image.

[Huesoo]

Y u raep mah childhood?

[Realmfighter]

Teh Lulz

[ToonyMan]

Y u raep mah childhood?

You topped the page for a third time bro.

I also don't like when everybody circle jerks with each other every night now.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The ironic thing is that Cthulhu Jesus is perhaps the single most patriotic image anywhere ever. All Americans, living or dead, buring the world into insane apathetic democracy.

[alway]

I think it best to end this funny photoshoot here, as it may end up devolving into something no one wants... Specifically, this.