Christians observe the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday. According to the Bible, on this day, the Jewish religious authorities took Jesus before the Romans for judgement after condemning him the previous evening for asserting that he was the son of God and ruler of the Jews. Pontius Pilate forwarded him to Herod and then back to Pilate, who ultimately executed Jesus by crucifixion—at the time, the most severe form of punishment for crime. After being beaten, Jesus was had to drag a large wooden cross through a mob of onlookers before being nailed on the cross by his wrists and feet, where he would hang until his death later that day.