Europe 2014 - Troyes Crucifix

The passion and suffering of Christ is captured well in this bronze, except that they got it wrong.  Jesus did not have nails driven into the palms of his hands, but rather between the radius and ulna bones just below the wrists.  The message is the same, of course, but it's interesting that this misconception of the mechanics of crucifixion is so widely published, even from the earliest days.

This whole business of the Biblical worldview and history has always fascinated me.  Not surprisingly, the more they dig the more affirmation surfaces that the Good Book is indeed a book of fact, in every archeologically-examined aspect.  The most interesting modern-day discovery so far to me has been that of a heel bone driven through with a nail of someone who had been crucified in Roman days.

I am of the belief that one day, in the afterlife, we will be given the opportunity to visit these places and witness in real time the amazing stories and figures that build our faith in this life.