TMSJ 15:1 (Spring 2004) p. 65 Savior.43 It also helps explain the meaning of 1 Cor 1:23, as the following discussion will show. Jewish attitudes toward crucifixion are evident in two areas. First, the Jews detested the Roman practice of crucifixion. The Roman government had exclusive authority over the death penalty in Judea at the time of Jesus, having taken it out of the hands of the Sanhedrin in the middle of the first century B.C. Crucifixion was thus a reminder