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crucifixion

noun as in death by being nailed to a cross

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In the first of three immersive rooms, a dizzying 360-degree video introduces guests to the story of Jesus’ life from his baptism to the crucifixion — including that jumbo last supper.

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The church, in Jerusalem, was originally built in the fourth century on what is purported to be the site of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

The earliest European settlers in what became the United States carried with them the conviction that Jews were collectively guilty of Christ’s crucifixion and “utterly corrupted by money.”

Greyeyes also gets the movie’s two flashiest fight scenes, one involving a crucifixion, another lit only by muzzle fire.

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It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

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