Posted on 08/19/2024 6:46:41 PM PDT by bitt
A controversial linen shroud - regarded by some to be the one Jesus was buried in - has baffled the world for more than centuries.
When it was first exhibited in the 1350s, the Shroud of Turin was touted as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the mutilated body of Christ after his crucifixion.
Also known as the Holy Shroud, it bears a faint image of the front and back of a bearded man, which many believers is Jesus' body miraculously imprinted onto the fabric.
But research in the 1980s appeared to debunk the idea it was real after dating it to the Middle Ages, hundreds of years after Christ's death.
Now, Italian researchers who used a new technique involving x-rays to date the material have confirmed it was manufactured around the time of Jesus about 2,000 years ago.
They say the fact the timelines add up lends credence to the idea that the faint, bloodstained pattern of a man with his arms folded in front were left behind by Jesus' dead body.
The Bible states that Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus in a linen shroud and placed it inside the tomb.
Matthew 27:59-60 reads: 'Then Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a new linen cloth. He put Jesus’ body in a new tomb that he had dug in a wall of rock. Then he closed the tomb by rolling a very large stone to cover the entrance. After he did this, he went away.'
The burial cloth has captivated the imagination of historians, church chiefs, skeptics and Catholics since it was first presented to the public in the 1350s.
French knight Geoffroi de Charny gave it to the dean of the church in Lirey, France, proclaiming it as the Holy Shroud.
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The Shroud even shows stains from nail-marks in the WRISTS, not the hands. In Greek the word for hand...includes the forearms. So when the Bible says Jesus had marks on his hands after the resurrection...it doesn’t mean the palms.
Medieval artists though, did not know this, so you ALWAYS see depictions of the crucifixion with nails going through the palms. Testing was done around 1900 with cadavers in France. Without additional support, like tying the arms to the cross, nails in the palms simply (excuse the image) rip out... Physically, nailing a man like that to a cross doesn’t work.
HOWEVER, if nails are (most painfully) put through the wrists, or, in between the radius & ulna bones (in the forearm) a body CAN hang on a cross, and not fall off. And in the wrist area...is exactly where the Shroud shows the nails. Unknown to anyone really, for 1600+ years, since the Romans stopped crucifying people....
Numbers 6:1-21 details the Nazirite vow, a special vow of dedication to God in ancient Israel.
Throughout the period of the vow, a Nazirite was not to cut their hair. This resulted in long hair being a visible sign of their dedication.
There is ample evidence many Jews in the first century followed this.
In Acts 21:23-26, the Apostle Paul takes part in a purification ritual related to the Nazirite vow. Paul sponsors several men who are under a vow and pays for their temple sacrifices, demonstrating that the practice was alive and well among early Christians and Jews in the first century.
It’s like pagans who revere the Buddha’s tooth.
I don’t need a shroud to believe in my Lord and Savior.
In 1978 a photographic study of the Shroud was conducted on location by Vern Miller, the head of the Industrial photo department at Brooks institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, and his team of other photo specialists. If recall correctly the work never really proved much of anything.
“Science and history can reveal a lot of things that we don’t know.”
The problem is science and history have been corrupted by man, government and money. Think the Covid vaccine, global warming, and white privilege.
Just shows the power of God to show to future generations the power of the resurrection miracle
I think I’ve read every major work on it in English (there aren’t that many.) no reasonable person, exposed to all the evidence, would disagree with you
Four is RIGHT OUT !
The process destroys the sample used so it's not something you want to repeat. Since Holy Artifacts were routinely created out of thin air during the Middle Ages it made sense to me the conclusion he had reached about the timeline.
Just a reminder — Faith in Christ does not stand or fall on the authenticity of this artefact.
My mistake. Should be FIVE.
Carbon dating doesn’t work when the object being dated went through a fire, including being scorched and exposed to heavy wood smoke. The shroud would carbon date to a more recent date than actual because of that fire.
I’ve read everything about the shroud for years. Why do you presume I haven’t?
“Made in China” tag?
Really, these guys just thrash around looking for grant money.
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The Shroud was damaged in a fire in 1532 while it was stored in the chapel in Chambery, France. Many believe the Carbon 14 dating was detecting soot on the Shroud from the 1532 fire.
In addition, some experts have said there are spores on the Shroud which are only found in areas of Israel where Jesus lived and administered to his people.
Do over 100 scourge marks from a Roman flagrum and a broken nose count?
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