Acts 5:30-32 King James Version (KJV)
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Deut.28:25,26 Paraphrasing: essentially one is cursed if not buried, left above ground.

Crucifixion was used as a weapon of terror by the Romans to control the people they had conquered and definitely for any threat, real or perceived, to their rule. Not only was it too bring an end to ‘material’opposition but also to prevent the possibility of an ‘afterlife’ so those crucified were to suffer eternal damnation.

Jesus not only proved the reality of eternal Life but also that Life overcomes the most degrading forms of treatment; even more so because not only was he innocent of any crime, but also his life was the highest example of pure Love and good. Small wonder even his disciples were shocked by the proof Jesus gave of eternal Life with his resurrection; even after his examples of raising the deceased. He proved that even the most powerful human government (animal magnetism represented by Rome) can’t overrule God’s Government.