When I get there, I’ll know.

Luke 24:38-40 (New American Standard Bible)

³⁸And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

³⁹"See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."

⁴⁰And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

John 20:19-21 (New American Standard Bible)

Jesus among His Disciples

¹⁹So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you."

²⁰And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

²¹So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

John 20:24-26 (New American Standard Bible)

²⁴But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."

²⁶After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."

John 20:26-28 (New American Standard Bible)

²⁶After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."

²⁷Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

²⁸Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

Jesus' Nails  -  This article states that nails in Jesus’ hands would not have held his weight and would have ripped out.  Read the article for a complete explanation.

But…. the Bible says “see My hands.”  It is my firm belief that, realistically, there is not any place in either the wrist or the hand that could hold the weight of the body for six hours.  As the article states, usually the hands were also tied to the cross timber.

So, how did Jesus stay on the Cross?

Could it be that He hung on the Cross by the same power that resurrected Him from the grave!  It was supernatural and yet, it did not diminish one iota of the pain He suffered, the greatest of which was His separation from the Father when He took my sin upon Himself.

I don’t know the answer, but when I get to Heaven, I’ll know!

Recommended reading:  He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado