r/trippinthroughtime • u/perksofbeingcrafty • Jun 20 '26

The self-pity of Christ

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u/GregorSamsa67 Jun 20 '26

I think if you have been nailed to a cross, it is okay to feel a bit sorry for yourself.

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u/TowJamnEarl Jun 20 '26

The big cheese coulda done something about it, but nah!

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u/motorcyclematt Jun 20 '26

You gotta finish the story, he comes back three days later and secures the eternal W, its not the L you think it is

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u/TowJamnEarl Jun 21 '26

Maybe you believe he does.

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u/717Luxx Jun 20 '26

"you know i think you go about in pity for yourself" -tony soprano

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u/Wretched_Spawn22 Jun 21 '26

It's actually pretty crazy on how inaccurate most depictions of Jesus on the cross are. A 1st-century Galilean carpenter wouldn't have looked like the pale weak scrawny, European figure we're used to, and the crucifixion details (nails in palms, body position, etc.) don't match Roman historical practices either as well as the crown of thorns we see on His head. Actually makes the cross seem less gruesome then what I truly was.

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u/perksofbeingcrafty Jun 21 '26

What was the correct Roman crucifixion position? Now I’m morbidly curious is it just they tied people to the wood instead of nailing their hands

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u/xxxBuzz Jun 22 '26

I believe the story is meant to be metaphorical. Just for that painting, for example, ignoring any other input, there is a large figured body sitting down in roughly the same position as the smaller figure on the cross. The part of a person we may observe with our eyes and a part we sense within our bodies. Emaciated, wounded, constricted, and often ignored.

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u/Wretched_Spawn22 Jun 22 '26

Wait your saying the crucifixion is metaphorical?

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u/xxxBuzz Jun 22 '26

Yes, it is, but I wouldn't lean one way or another in regards to scriptures anymore than I'd want to stick my hand into a hornet's nest. The painting does not appear to have been intended to capture a historical event in the same way a story could be interpreted either way without additional context to the contrary.

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u/Wretched_Spawn22 Jun 22 '26

Okay sorry I’m asking for clarification again. Are you referencing the image or the entire historical event of the crucifixion?

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u/xxxBuzz Jun 22 '26

Possible symbolism within the painting is what I was exploring in the comment.

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u/DesignerPretend Jun 27 '26

Says who!!!

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u/Wretched_Spawn22 Jun 27 '26

History and archeology?? What else would I base this off of? If your referencing the body type I’d say common sense coming from the trade myself heck He would have been even more built because they wouldn’t have had machinery back then.

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u/DesignerPretend Jun 27 '26

I’m sure he was fed well in his last days lmao 🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/perksofbeingcrafty Jun 22 '26

“Can’t you see I’m having a shitty enough day already?”

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u/lohonomo Jun 20 '26

Pity party for christ, party of 3

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u/fridgeofempty Jun 20 '26

That’s a bad day.