| | [[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]] | | [[image:Shroud of Turin face.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Negative image of the face of the Shroud; the photographic qualities of the Shroud were unknown until 1898.]] |
| | <center>''A million-dollar offer to recreate an image as found on this Shroud has gone uncollected.''<ref>https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/1-million-challenge-to-replicate-shroud-of-turin-is-expanded-to-u-s</ref></center> | | <center>''A million-dollar offer to recreate an image as found on this Shroud has gone uncollected.''<ref>https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/1-million-challenge-to-replicate-shroud-of-turin-is-expanded-to-u-s</ref></center> |
| − | The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world. It is a burial cloth 14.5 feet long by 4 feet wide, having attributes from the time and place of [[Jesus Christ]], with 372 blood stains and the perfect 3-dimensional image, including internal flesh and bones, of a [[Crucifixion|crucified]] man.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxiR37eUt8 The TRUTH About the Shroud of Turin w/Fr. Robert Spitzer | Chris Stefanick Show] Scientific study exceeding 600,000 hours reinforces its authenticity. [https://mycharisma.com/culture/new-evidence-for-shroud-of-turin-expert-says-its-beyond-all-doubt/ New Evidence for Shroud of Turin: Expert Says It’s ‘Beyond All Doubt’], CBN News, 2025, citing [[New Testament]] scholar Jeremiah J. Johnston.</ref> [[Liberal denial]] requires implausible conspiracy theories, and an inability to replicate this. | + | The '''Shroud of Turin''' (in Italian, ''la Sacra Sindone'') is the most studied artifact in the history of the world. It is a burial cloth 14.5 feet long by 4 feet wide, having attributes from the time and place of [[Jesus Christ]]. It has 372 blood stains and the perfect 3-dimensional image, including internal flesh and bones, of a [[Crucifixion|crucified]] man.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xxiR37eUt8 The TRUTH About the Shroud of Turin w/Fr. Robert Spitzer | Chris Stefanick Show] Scientific study exceeding 600,000 hours reinforces its authenticity. [https://mycharisma.com/culture/new-evidence-for-shroud-of-turin-expert-says-its-beyond-all-doubt/ New Evidence for Shroud of Turin: Expert Says It’s ‘Beyond All Doubt’], CBN News, 2025, citing [[New Testament]] scholar Jeremiah J. Johnston.</ref> Unable to replicate this, [[liberal denial]] entails implausible conspiracy theories. |
| | [[Forensic]] [[evidence]] indicates that this image is of man [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described of Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without breaking the victim's legs as typically done to expedite a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref> The image was formed after the blood staining, suggesting that there was a flash of light at the [[Resurrection]] -- analogous to the flash of light at [[conception]] -- such that the image is like a negative in photography.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref> The image is scientifically precise in ways unknown to medieval forgers; the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrists,<ref name="BBC"/> not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century<ref name="Forensics"/> and mistranslated from the [[Bible]].<ref>In {{bibleref|John|20|27}}, the Greek term χερσὶν (chersin) actually includes "wrists", not merely hands. [[Strong's]] narrow definition is incomplete, and at {{bibleref|Acts|12|7|version=NIV}} the same term must mean "wrists" because chains fell off them. [https://biblehub.com/greek/5495.htm]</ref> The disciples on the [[Road to Emmaus]] did not notice any wounds in Jesus's hands, which further suggests the nail wounds were in his wrists. | | [[Forensic]] [[evidence]] indicates that this image is of man [[scourge]]d and crucified, and yet (as described of Jesus in the [[Bible]]) without breaking the victim's legs as typically done to expedite a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] execution.<ref name="Forensics">http://www.shroudstory.com/forensics.htm</ref> The image was formed after the blood staining, suggesting that there was a flash of light at the [[Resurrection]] -- analogous to the flash of light at [[conception]] -- such that the image is like a negative in photography.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref> The image is scientifically precise in ways unknown to medieval forgers; the thumbs are not visible because the nails were through the wrists,<ref name="BBC"/> not through the hands as mistakenly thought until the 20th century<ref name="Forensics"/> and mistranslated from the [[Bible]].<ref>In {{bibleref|John|20|27}}, the Greek term χερσὶν (chersin) actually includes "wrists", not merely hands. [[Strong's]] narrow definition is incomplete, and at {{bibleref|Acts|12|7|version=NIV}} the same term must mean "wrists" because chains fell off them. [https://biblehub.com/greek/5495.htm]</ref> The disciples on the [[Road to Emmaus]] did not notice any wounds in Jesus's hands, which further suggests the nail wounds were in his wrists. |