The answer
Death on the cross was considered shameful, so the Lord chose the kind of death that was the most shameful and most horrible at that time. This is why Paul says in Hebrews 12:2 that the Lord, "endured the cross, scorning its shame. " So there was humiliation on the cross, and because of this Paul said: "Let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. " (Heb. 13.13), for the cross was considered a disgrace.
In the Old Testament, the cross was considered a curse, and it was said that whoever was hung upon a cross was accursed. The Lord intended by His crucifixion to bear all the curses which could fall on mankind, which the Law indicated (Deut. 28), so that He could give us a blessing, and so that there should be no more curses in the future.
The cross was considered "foolishness" by the Jews (1 Cor. 1:18), so Christ chose this disgrace and changed the cross into a sign of strength.
Crucifixion on the cross was also one of the most painful ways to die, since it tore the tissues of the body in a most excruciating way, besides draining the body of its fluids through bleeding. So by His crucifixion Christ suffered the worst pains that mankind could ever be crushed by.
Crucifixion was a manner of death in which the person who was to die was literally raised above the earth, so Jesus could say that after He had been 'raised' above the earth He would draw all men to Himself. Just as the Lord Christ was raised on the cross, so was He raised in glory in His ascension. By His crucifixion He has also raised us with Him, from the level of dust and earth.
In His death Christ stretched out His arms to all mankind, in a gesture of His acceptance. of all people.
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Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III of Blessed Memory