ABSTRACT
Mark 15:16–20 and Matthew 27:26–31 describe the repeated strippings of Jesus in the praetorium, and all four gospels refer to the final stripping of Jesus at the cross. Yet surprisingly little attention has been given to the role of stripping and enforced nudity in crucifixion. It is only recent work that has started to name the stripping as sexualised violence. Acknowledging the stripping as sexual violence is not just a case of viewing from a modern perspective, but also a way to recognise the intentional use and significance of stripping in the first-century Roman Empire.
