Crucify
Romans executed slaves and foreigners by terrifying means of crucifixion. Crucify comes from the Latin word for cross, crux, a device of torture. A cross was made up of a post with a slot carved out for a crossbar. Crucifixion, as practiced by the Romans, involved nailing or tying the prisoner's arms to the crossbar, which the executioners then attached to the post. They forced the dangling prisoner to turn his legs to the side, knees bent up, so they could drive a spike through both ankles into the post. The weight of the prisoner's otherwise unsupported body made breathing almost impossible and his chest sagged down on his diaphragm. To inhale, he had to push up and off the spike, putting terrible pressure on his shattered ankles, or he could pull himself up by his nailed wrists. Death was gruesome, slow and inevitable. Jesus was executed on a cross; dying on behalf of all the people.

Crucifixion is the means to entrance into a new life.
Romans 6:1-11
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Galatians 2:20