Description
As we all know, a nail is a metal device that’s used to attach one thing to another such as one piece of wood to another piece of wood. Nails come in all shapes and sizes and the actual material that’s used to manufacture nails may differ. Who and when nails were first invented is not known but the common theory is that nails were first invented in Egypt about 4000 BC. Those nails were made of bronze and were used in the building of ships. Usage of a nail may determine how it was made. For example, to attach a large piece of wood a small nail may not be sufficient or for a small piece of wood a large nail would be too much. In other words, the right nail needed to be used for its intended use. In the modern-day manufacture of nails, some nails are made to be more difficult to pull out; The nail shank may be smooth or rough; the roughness makes the nail more difficult to pull loose or be extracted for any reason.
When Jesus Christ was crucified, the Roman Army nailed Him to a wooden cross. Crucifixion was a popular method of execution for the Roman Army and, a study of the nails used for crucifying a condemned person may vary. One researcher wrote: “The Roman Centurions and guards would have laid Jesus upon the ground and started hammering nails through his body. Those nails were seven to nine inches long and fashioned of heavy iron, not rounded but with square edges along the shaft of the spike. The Centurion would have first driven the nails through small wooden discs to help hold the nails in place. Then the Roman guards pounded a nail through one side, followed by the other.”
Humanly speaking, when Jesus was crucified, it was nails that held His body to the Cross. However, it was NOT the size of the nails or how well made they may have been that kept Him on the Cross – it was something stronger than that! There was one thing and one thing only that caused Jesus to remain on the Cross – that “thing” was…
This is a 6-page tract.
