What is Crucifixion of Jesus?
[[File:SVouet.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''The Crucifixion'', by [[Simon Vouet|Vouet]], 1622, [[Genoa]]]] {{Gospel Jesus}} The '''crucifixion of Jesus''' is an event recorded in all four [[Gospel]]s in the [[Bible]]. The [[crucifixion]] happens after [[Jesus]]' [[arrest]] at [[Gethsemane]] and [[trial]] before [[Pontius Pilate]]. It includes his [[flagellation|scourging]], crucifixion on the [[Christian cross|cross]], and burial. In [[Christian theology]], the death of Jesus by crucifixion is a major event. (See [[Salvation (Christianity)|salvation]]). Christians believe that Jesus was [[God]] in [[human]] form. They believe that after he died on the Cross on Friday, he went down to [[Hell]] to free the [[Soul|souls]] of the people who had died before Jesus' coming. On Sunday, Christians believe that Jesus [[Resurrection of Jesus|came back to life]] and left the [[tomb]] where he was buried. This is called the ''resurrection''. The crucifixion is, according to the [[Bible]], necessary to Christianity. Christians believe that Jesus [[Suffering|suffered]] very much on the cross as a way of paying for, or suffering the punishment for all of mankind's [[Sin|sins]] (bad actions, thoughts, and deeds). By taking on all of this suffering, mankind was freed from the punishment that God should have given to man (because of man's weakness and bad choices in life). The crucifixion itself is a very sad event as Jesus had to suffer horribly. His friends and his own mother had to see it. However, Christians believe this was necessary for him to come back to life and to show that death had no power over him. Through the crucifixion, Christians believe that God has set us free and shown to the world that Jesus is God and that life is forever. According to the Bible, Jesus sacrificed himself for all of mankind not only to show his love but also to pay the penalty of our sin, restore our relationship with God, and to destroy the power of death and the grave. A ''passion play'' is a play that tells this story of Jesus' trial and the