John 19:18

Where they crucified him.

The cross was an upright pole or beam, intersected by. transverse one at right angles, generally in the shape of. T. In this case, from the "title" being placed over the head, the upright beam probably projected above the horizontal one, as usually represented. To this cross, the criminal, being stripped of his clothes, was fixed by nails driven through the hands, and not always, nor perhaps generally, though certainly not seldom, through the feet, separate or united. The body was not supported by the nails, but by. piece of wood which passed between the legs.. death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can have of the horrible and ghastly--dizziness, cramp, thirst, starvation, sleeplessness, traumatic fever, tetanus, publicity of shame, long continuance of torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of untended wounds--all intensified just up to the point at which they can be endured at all, but all stopping just short of the point which would give to the sufferer the relief of unconsciousness.

And two other with him.

These two are called "thieves" and "malefactors" elsewhere. They may have been zealots who believed in. coming Judean kingdom, made their patriotism. cover for robbery and murder, and had finally been arrested and condemned. It is. reasonable hypothesis that they belonged to the band of which Barabbas was the chief. See Mark 15:7.