Saying 37: When You Strip Without Shame
Asked when he will appear to them, Jesus answers: when you undress without being ashamed, and trample your clothes underfoot like little children, then you will see the son of the living one and not be afraid.
Commentary
Often read as a baptismal image — candidates were baptised naked — and equally often as a reversal of Eden, where clothing first became necessary. The garments are the body, or shame, or both.
Parallels
Genesis 3:7; Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655
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