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发帖数: 1904 | 1 IMPALEMENT
(im?pale?ment).
In the literal sense, the fastening of a victim either dead or alive to a
stake, or pole. The execution of Jesus Christ is the best-known case. (Lu 24:
20; Joh 19:14-16; Ac 2:23, 36) Impalements by nations in ancient times were
carried out in a variety of ways.
The Assyrians, noted for their savage warfare, impaled captives by hanging
their nude bodies atop pointed stakes that were run up through the abdomens
into the chest cavities of the victims. Several reliefs have |
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