It would seem likely that the crucifixion of Jesus
needed to be explained in the context of a world
were the roads were lined with the crosses
of executed Jewish rebels
and the towns and villages
were often smoking descrated ruins.
The details of the crucifixion itself
have little if any reflection on reality.
It was a routine execution, done by professionals,
and, no doubt, following the prescribed procedures,
especially if there was any rumour of wider interest.
There would therefore have been:
* no interaction with bystanders,
who would have been kept well away.
* no chance that the body would be released,
it would have been discarded as directed.
The stories are a concoction
made by those who had fled back home
when Jesus was taken into custody
leaving their Lord to his fate.
Do we accept the doctrinal rectitude of a sacrificed divinity,
or the challenge of an example that followed God's Way,
an example which suffered such an horrific death
rather than bow down to a false perception
of the purposes of God?