What can wood possibly make????
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We don’t know for certain, but a solid guess would be that the cross was formed out of one of the common woods available near Jerusalem in the 1st century AD/CE. Our choices are:
Dogwood
Olive
Acacia
Cedar
Pine
Oak
The Bible does not explicitly identify the wood used in the cross.
Now, there is a sort of legend about a dogwood tree being used, and then afterwards being twisted in guilt for its role is killing the Savior. It’s an entertaining story, but there’s no evidence that pre-crucifixion untwisted dogwoods ever existed and the Bible makes no mention of it. Similar goes for the legends about aspen “shaking in guilt” for it’s role as the cross, or of mistletoe having existed as a strong tree for use in crucifixions and after causing the death of Jesus being cursed to only grow as a parasite on other trees. There is no reasonable evidence to support any of these plants existing in one form suitable for serving as a cross and then changing on a significant biological level since the time of Jesus’ death.
As far as actually archaeological evidence, there was a crucified body from the Roman Empire era discovered in Jerusalem. A nail was found still embedded in the man’s feet, and fragments of Olive wood were still attached to the tip of the nail. Between the head of the nail and his skin, they found splinters of Acacia wood, possibly used as a kind of extra protection to prevent the man from slipping his feet off the nail.
So my best guess would be that the cross was made of those two, pine, or oak, since they would have been common enough and strong enough to form a tall, reusable stake piece and solid crossbeam. It’s still just a guess, though.
MARK BRAINLIEST...
Dogwood
Olive
Acacia
Cedar
Pine
Oak
The Bible does not explicitly identify the wood used in the cross.
Now, there is a sort of legend about a dogwood tree being used, and then afterwards being twisted in guilt for its role is killing the Savior. It’s an entertaining story, but there’s no evidence that pre-crucifixion untwisted dogwoods ever existed and the Bible makes no mention of it. Similar goes for the legends about aspen “shaking in guilt” for it’s role as the cross, or of mistletoe having existed as a strong tree for use in crucifixions and after causing the death of Jesus being cursed to only grow as a parasite on other trees. There is no reasonable evidence to support any of these plants existing in one form suitable for serving as a cross and then changing on a significant biological level since the time of Jesus’ death.
As far as actually archaeological evidence, there was a crucified body from the Roman Empire era discovered in Jerusalem. A nail was found still embedded in the man’s feet, and fragments of Olive wood were still attached to the tip of the nail. Between the head of the nail and his skin, they found splinters of Acacia wood, possibly used as a kind of extra protection to prevent the man from slipping his feet off the nail.
So my best guess would be that the cross was made of those two, pine, or oak, since they would have been common enough and strong enough to form a tall, reusable stake piece and solid crossbeam. It’s still just a guess, though.
MARK BRAINLIEST...
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