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Nas imitates Jesus Christ nailed to the cross on the single artwork and, in a press release, says, “My new single is dedicated to the man who had the greatest comeback of all time!” ...
Faith The Good Word ‘It is finished’: The meaning behind Jesus’ last words on the cross by Terrance Klein April 6, 2023 Detail from Diego Velázquez's "Christ Crucified" (Wikimedia Commons) ...
Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The slowness to depict Jesus on a cross was not about a general sensibility to the visual arts, although they do seem to have been very selective in what they did portray.
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.