Naked? maybe, but...
As mostly all abominations of the ancient world, whether in religion or life, crucifixion was of Phoenician origin, although Rome adopted, and improved on it. The modes of execution among the Jews were: strangulation, beheading, burning, and stoning. In all ordinary circumstances the Rabbis were most reluctant to pronounce sentence of death. This appears even from the injunction that the Judges were to fast on the day of such a sentence.11 Indeed, two of the leading Rabbis record it, that no such sentence would ever have been pronounced in a Sanhedrin of which they had been members. The indignity of hanging - and this only after the criminal had been otherwise executed - was reserved for the crimes of idolatry and blasphemy.12 The place where criminals were stoned (Beth haSeqilah) was on an elevation about eleven feet high, from whence the criminal was thrown down by the first witness. If he had not died by the fall, the second witness would throw a large stone on his heart as he lay. If not yet lifeless, the whole people would stone him.13 At a distance of six feet from the place of execution the criminal was undressed, only the covering absolutely necessary for decency being left.14 15 In the case of Jesus we have reason to think that, while the mode of punishment to which He was subjected was un-Jewish, every concession would be made to Jewish custom, and hence we thankfully believe that on the Cross He was spared the indignity of exposure. Such would have been truly un-Jewish.16
11. With application of Lev. xix. 26, Sanh. 63 a. 12. Sanh. vi. 4.
13. This explains how 'the witnesses' at the stoning of St. Stephen laid down their garments at the feet of Paul.
14. Sanh. vi. 3, 4.
15. This opinion, however, was not shared by the majority of Rabbis. But, as already stated, all those notices are rather ideal than real.
16. According to the Rabbis, when we read in Scripture generally of the punishment of death, this refers to the lighest, or strangulation (Sanh. 52 b). Another mode of execution reads like something between immuring alive and starvation (Sanh. 81 b) - something like the manner in which in the Middle Ages people were starved to death.
2006-09-19 15:27:38
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think the Bible ever said that he was naked...he may well have been wearing a loin cloth or something. But even if he weren't:
Being naked isn't a sin. God made your body, how can it be bad?
If he were naked, it would be because the soldiers forced him to be, not from his own decision. Therefore it wouldn't be his sin, it would be theirs.
2006-09-19 22:18:46
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answered by Jensenfan 5
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Questions about Jesus, or Questions designed to convert or recruit people to Jesus are simply a waste of time. People have already decided for the most part if they believe in the fiction written in the bible. People who feel God talks to them have psychological problems because hearing voices is a psychological illness. %-}
2006-09-20 13:51:21
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answered by Anonymous
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Naked is not a sin. I hate if when you guys - of whatever side - go into these long diatribes based on an erroneous premise.
Yes, yes yes, Christ died for our sins and I am so grateful that he did, but naked is still not a sin in and of itself.
2006-09-19 22:22:58
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answered by chris 5
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He was NOT naked....the Romans struck a deal with the Temple management years before.. Jewish were not Stripped like the pagans.
2006-09-19 22:19:39
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answered by whynotaskdon 7
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Hey,nice name.
Jesus probably had the 'wrapped around underwear '(He was girded )and even if He didn't .It wasn't His sin ,He was SINLESS,whoever stripped Him was the sinner,but even then He asked the Father to forgive them.He took the sins of the world on Him but he was sinless.
2006-09-19 22:21:53
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answered by AngelsFan 6
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Being naked is not a sin, we are suppose to glory in our bodies because God created them.
2006-09-19 22:17:47
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answered by dleeldy 3
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I'm an atheist, but according to the story, the Romans stripped him, so its a moot point.
2006-09-19 22:19:10
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answered by JoeFunSmith 2
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there is no sin in being naked
god made the body and he said it was good
2006-09-19 22:19:47
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answered by breakwhatz 2
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Whether it`s a sin or not, he didnt choose to be naked at that particular moment.
2006-09-19 22:19:23
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answered by mythoughts 4
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