| | 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 a 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]] resorts to implausible conspiracy theories. | | 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 a 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]] resorts to implausible conspiracy theories. |
| − | '''''This image is a photographic negative, indicating there was a flash of light at the [[Resurrection]] -- like the flash of light at [[conception]]'''''.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref> This image formed after the blood (type AB) staining. [[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 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 all artists (and any forgerer would have) portrayed this until the 20th century<ref name="Forensics"/> and as mistranslated in 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. | + | '''''This image is a photographic negative, indicating there was a flash of light at the [[Resurrection]] -- like the flash of light at [[conception]]'''''.<ref>"The Shroud of Turin is a negative image." [https://www.shroud.com/piczek3.htm]</ref> This image formed after the blood (type AB) staining. [[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 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 all artists (and any forger would have) portrayed this until the 20th century<ref name="Forensics"/> and as mistranslated in 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. |
| | The Shroud of Turin Research Project was led by "35 physicists, chemists, NASA image specialists, electrical engineers, a forensic pathologist,"<ref name="AMAC">https://amac.us/newsline/lifestyle/the-shroud-of-turin-gods-gift-to-all-people/</ref> concluding that: | | The Shroud of Turin Research Project was led by "35 physicists, chemists, NASA image specialists, electrical engineers, a forensic pathologist,"<ref name="AMAC">https://amac.us/newsline/lifestyle/the-shroud-of-turin-gods-gift-to-all-people/</ref> concluding that: |