What is "on the cross"

Usage examples of "on the cross".

He returned with a part of the topgallant masts which were above water, and with a cat which he had found perched on the cross-trees.

As I of my own will offered myself unto God the Father on the Cross for thy sins with outstretched hands and naked body, so that nothing remained in Me that did not become altogether a sacrifice for the Divine propitiation.

So great, new, and joyful ought it to appear to thee when thou comest to communion, as if on this self-same day Christ for the first time were descending into the Virgin's womb and becoming man, or hanging on the cross, suffering and dying for the salvation of mankind.

For reasons that will be apparent to you, I won't tell you the name of the little German village in which I saw the miraculous golden Christ on the cross.

Therefore, lest he should fall asleep, he set the end of the helve of his mattock on the ground, and seated himself on the cross part, leaning against the wall, so that as long as he kept awake he should rest, but the moment he began to fall asleep he must fall awake instead.