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Jesus: "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing." [44] [No time indicated] John 19:18, 23–24 [No drink mentioned] "They" [43] crucified Jesus and four soldiers each took a garment, casting lots over the undergarment (this fulfilled a prophecy). This happened after noon on the Day of Preparation before Passover (19:14, 31 ...
The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans [2] were forcibly transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods (first side of the triangle), which were then traded for slaves with rulers of African states ...
One of the piece's most distinctive features is the severe angle of the composition, which, when displayed at eye level, places the theoretical viewer at the feet of the dramatically foreshortened figure. The use of perspective also creates the illusion that the face of Christ follows the viewer depending on the angle from which the piece is ...
In the Roman Empire, the gibbet (instrument of execution) for crucifixions took on many shapes. Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE–65 CE) states: "I see crosses there, not just of one kind but made in many different ways: some have their victims with head down to the ground; some impale their private parts; others stretch out their arms on the gibbet."
Christ carrying the cross with the crown of thorns, as painted by El Greco, c. 1580s. According to the New Testament, a woven crown of thorns (Ancient Greek: στέφανος ἐξ ἀκανθῶν, romanized: stephanos ex akanthōn or ἀκάνθινος στέφανος, akanthinos stephanos) was placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to his crucifixion.
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To purchase his sons, he paid 200 dollars (each). He then purchased an enslaved Black man for 40 pounds and gave him 60 pounds, but the man ran away, still owing Smith 40 pounds. [1] He hired out Solomon, his oldest son, to Charles Church for one year to be paid 12 pounds.
“The first thing you have to do is take your own pulse, take a deep breath,” Gazaway said. In his head, he repeated this one thought: I haven’t done anything wrong. But he was treating 10 addicts more than the law allowed. The agents questioned him for 45 minutes about his practice, and about patient files they had randomly selected.