 Some Christians note that the cross carried by Jesus is the crossbar or "patibulum", a rough tree trunk, which probably weighed between 80 and 110 pounds.Christ also fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, an example of submission to the first person of the Trinity, God the Father, and as a way of preparing for ministry.The early Christians mortified the flesh through martyrdom and through what has been called "confession of the faith"