Compare the runic text. The compression of the verses into the single expression "Almighty God prepared/stripped himself" , although striking, loses the contrast of the human/divine in "geong hæleð - God ælmihtig". Notice that Christ is the subject of the verb and actively prepares himself. The exact meaning of "ongier(w)an/ongyran" is uncertain in this context and translations vary. The idea of stripping for combat/ heroic nudity is classical rather than Germanic. The Gospel accounts do not indicate that Christ was naked and he is rarely represented as naked or near-naked in Anglo-Saxon depictions. (see Images).