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Art depicts Jesus in a loincloth on the cross – the brutal truth is he would have been naked

By David Tombs, Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago
Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.The Conversation


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