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Was Jesus crucified naked?

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Wikipedia's article on crucifixion says > While a crucifixion was an execution, it was also a humiliation, by > making the condemned as vulnerable as possible. Although artists have > traditionally depicted the figure on a cross with a loin cloth or a > covering of the genitals, the person being crucified was usually > stripped naked. Is there a scholarly consensus that Jesus was also crucified naked? How have Christian traditions and scholars explained this?
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Feb 9, 2015, 07:01 AM
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