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Tom, it is my understanding that Jesus and his disciples walked everywhere. I have been told that only Roman soldiers (officers?) and high mucky-mucks had horses to ride on.
So for that reason, I believe that Jesus and everyone else was relatively thin and in good shape.
In regard to Jesus' dying after only three hours on the cross, keep in mind that 1) he hadn't slept since Wednesday night, and 2) he was scouraged at the pillar. It is my reading of the gospels' account that the scouraging was meant by Pilate to assuage the crowd calling for a crucifixion, and that it was not normal procedure to precede a crucifixion with a scouraging.
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