Posted on 06/08/2005 4:41:38 AM PDT by echoBoomer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli researcher has challenged the popular belief that Jesus died of blood loss on the cross, saying he probably succumbed to a sometimes fatal disorder now associated with long-haul air travel.
Professor Benjamin Brenner wrote in The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis that Jesus's death, traditionally believed to have occurred 3-6 hours after crucifixion began, was probably caused by a blood clot that reached his lungs.
Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration, said Brenner, a researcher at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
"This fits well with Jesus's condition and actually was in all likelihood the major cause of death by crucifixion," he wrote in the article, based on religious and medical texts.
A 1986 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association mentioned the possibility that Jesus suffered a blood clot but concluded that he died of blood loss.
But Brenner said research into blood coagulation had made significant strides over the past two decades.
He said recent medical research has linked immobility among passengers on lengthy air flights to deep vein thrombosis, popularly known as "economy-class syndrome" in which potentially fatal blood clots can develop, usually in the lower legs.
Brenner noted that before crucifixion, Jesus underwent scourging, but the researcher concluded that "the amount of blood loss by itself" would not have killed him.
He said that Jesus, as a Jew from what is now northern Israel, may have been particular at risk to a fatal blood clot.
Thrombophilia, a rare condition in which blood has an increased tendency to clot, is common to natives of the Galilee, the researcher wrote.
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Oh yeah, because he was just a regular guy who died of a blood clot...ok...ahole!
"Thrombophilia, a rare condition in which blood has an increased tendency to clot, is common to natives of the Galilee, the researcher wrote."
Jesus would not have had a genetic predisposition to any genetic condition. He was a native of Galilee only by geography and not by genetic inheritance. Matthew 1:18
At what point does the intrepid reporter ask this "expert", "What does it matter?" I won't go into a religious spiel, but he's presenting an autopsy 2,000 years after the crime? I'm not a hard core Christian or very religious at all, but this is one thing that I think they should let be. Jesus died for our sins, and that's that.
Exactly. The Lord Jesus Christ gave His life for the sheep exactly as He said He would. He also said "Greater love hath no man than this than he gives his life for his friends". Jesus did this very deliberately on the cross. He gave up his life right according to the Father's plan.
It was the only atonement that could cover the sins of folks like you and me.
Further proof that the source of this nonsense didn't quite do all his research. Just enough "research" to achieve the outcome he wanted.
And I live because of His blood blot.
Amen.
I thought he died from second hand smoke.
and he gave up the ghost
This is important, how? Mr. Researcher, if you want to amuse God tell him of your plans.
"Not just your's or mine
1 John 2:2
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."
And another thing...His death redeemed the whole of creation. It will one day be restored when Jesus' reign on earth is finished and the judgement is completed.
Actually, I believe the current theory is that He died of congestive heart failure brought on by extreme physical shock. (Based on the testimony of water and blood pouring from the wound when His side was speared.)
Well, he died for his elect; the whole world is a general statement and does not mean every single person in the entire world.
God's will never fails, and if he sent Jesus to die for everyone, all would be saved.
He only died for those the Father predestined to be saved.
He only died for those the Father predestined to be saved.
OH so you are one of those
"...scientists now are even talking about Jesus..."
Some of us talked about Him before, we talk about someone we know :) - the interesting thing here is that an Israeli scientist is talking about Him...
Rubbish. How can this bozo know what happened?
Yes, I am one of those who believes that God is not a failure.
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