The event is mentioned in three of the four canonical Gospels (John 19:1, Mark 14:65 and Luke 23:63-65 but not in Matthew), and was the usual prelude to crucifixion under Roman law. In the Passion of Christ it precedes the Mocking of Christ and the Crowning with thorns. In modern times, filmmakers have depicted Christ being flogged as well. It is a significant scene in Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of the Christ. And in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, an imprisoned Alex DeLarge imagines himself as one of the Roman soldiers flogging Jesus.