The Encyclopaedia Judaica says that “in order to prolong his agony tufts of wool soaked in water were placed over his heart so that he should not die quickly. ”
وتقول دائرة المعارف اليهودية ان « قطعة من الصوف المشبعة بالماء وُضعت فوق قلبه لكي يطول عذابه ويموت ببطء » .‏