[caww]

.....”no one could give a description to the Romans good enough to distinguish him from any one of thousands of other men in the area”.....

Well I just think it’s quite a stretch and then some the attention the Shroud has garnered...people want to believe so they will always try and ‘find’ what will support their belief.....and making it a mystery in itself gathers attention.

I prefer solid facts..and in this case it’s not there.

[Swordmaker]

Well I just think it’s quite a stretch and then some the attention the Shroud has garnered...people want to believe so they will always try and ‘find’ what will support their belief.....and making it a mystery in itself gathers attention.

I prefer solid facts..and in this case it’s not there.

You need to do some study in comparative iconography vis-a-vis the Shroud/Image of Edessa and how those impacted the image of Jesus changed in history. Prior to the recovery of the Image of Edessa, Jesus was portrayed as a young, beardless man, often carrying a sheep. In 525, while renovating the walls protecting the city of Edessa, the long lost image was found immured above the city gate. . . It was in a casing which showed the face of Jesus, surrounded by a lattice work:

Image of Edessa within the lattice work frame
Also referred to as the Mandylion

Right after this, the images of Jesus made a sea change, suddenly showing Christ with a double forked beard and long dark hair. More importantly, there was a strange forelock and several other markers that are found prominently on the Shroud which mimic the bloodstain at the hairline and bruises on the shroud.

6th Century Christi’s Ravenna Mosaic 526 AD

[grey_whiskers]

I prefer solid facts..and in this case it’s not there.

There are more facts about the Shroud than you can shake a stick at.

Stop projecting, 'mkay?