"Why am I to be pitied, you say? Yes! There's nothing to pity me for! I ought to be crucified, crucified on a cross, not pitied! Crucify me, oh judge, crucify me but pity me?" (Part 1, Chapter 2). Refers to Jesus Christ, for he was crucified.
“I wanted to make myself a Napoleon,” states Raskolnikov, “and that is why I killed her.” His is murder of the pawnbroker serves for him two purposes: to prove he is above the law, and to establish the truth of his superiority. Napoleon was the Emperor of France and one of the greatest military commanders ever.
"Bitter is the ascent to Golgotha" (Part 1, Chapter 4). Golgotha is the biblical place where christ was crucified.
"I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity" (Part 4, Chapter 4). Exodus 20:5
Allusion to Lazarus: "And he that was dead came forth" (Part 4, Chapter 4). compares the death and rebirth of Raskalnikov's psyche to the story of the resurrection of Lazarus.
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