Jesus on the Cross

I often wondered about why, at Easter, I'd see a cross displayed with a cloth draped upon it. I thought the cloth represented the Risen Lord. But after going to the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida, I saw the true meaning.

After Jesus died they took a long piece of cloth, wrapped it around His chest, under His arms, and across the horizonal bar of the cross. This held Him in place while they removed the spikes in His hands and feet. Then, after they took His body down, the cloth remained.