But the LORD was pleased to crush Him in infirmity. The crucifixion event is prophesied in several places throughout the Old Testament. He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted. The Lord had sent a plague of fiery serpents on the people of Israel and they bit the people so that many of the people died. After the people confessed their sin to Moses, the Lord for gave them by having a bronze serpent made.
Bronze is a symbol for judgment and the serpent is a symbol of the curse.
The actual location of Calvary is also in dispute. If one turns left, we go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. If one turns to the right, one goes to Gordon's Calvary. Sometimes, the subject was eaten while alive and still on the cross by wild beasts. The points would go into the vicinity of the median nerve, causing shocks of pain to radiate through the arms.