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The Roman soldiers were astonished that he died so quickly.

Typically the guest of honor would last a few days.

But they were simply nailed or tied to the cross.

Jesus was beaten to within an inch of his life, then made to carry the cross and then nailed to it.

He was already quite literally half dead.

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Paul Harvey once said that forensic scientists had determined Jesus would have died from the flogging even if he hadn’t been put on the cross.

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The Passover Seder is taken on the 14th day of Nisan. This is locates a High Sabbath day. This day can fall on a day of the Julian week which is not a Friday. This year, Nisan 14 falls on April 22, a Friday. But in another year it could fall on a mid-week day, as it did the year Jesus was crucified.

When Polycarp of Smyrna walked to Rome in his old age, to fight the heresies arising there among the believers in Rome, he went to stop the Roman believers from having the crucifixion and Lords Table switched tot he pagan holiday commemorating 'Easter'. Polycarp and the believers across Asia Minor celebrated the Lord's Table on Nisan 14, not the Easter Sunday of the pagans.