Did you know that the Romans referred to crucifixion as servile supplicium, slave’s death? Isn’t that interesting? In Philippians 2 Paul is talking about Jesus who played the role, took on the form of a servant, and died a servant’s death on the cross. I can see how Phil 2 would be very meaningful to Christian slaves in the first and second centuries and how they would like to sing that song, how they could identify with the incarnation. Jesus who emptied Himself of the very honors that the Roman