Recently, a new study was performed on the famous Shroud of Turin, which is believed to be the cloth that was used to bury Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. An Italian researcher concluded that the stains found on the shroud are consistent with blood that was produced by the torture of Jesus when he was nailed to the cross during crucifixion.
According to Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurements at the University of Padua, the analysis of the bloodstains accurately represents “the physical conditions relating to Jesus Christ” that are “consistent with the description of Jesus Christ in the holy Bible and, in particular, within the four canonical Gospels.”
Fanti concluded that the bloodstains on the side and front of the shroud depict blood flowing from several different directions where “the single rivulets show a sudden change of their direction; it is probable that the blood flows streamed when the corpse was moved.”
The research further indicated that there are three “different types of blood” present on the cloth including “postmortem blood leakage” from moving Christ’s body. There are also “premortem bloodstains” that likely occurred “when Jesus was still nailed to the cross,” and “leaks of blood serum.”
Furthermore, Fanti reportedly discovered creatinine nanoparticles in the blood were consistent with the very heavy torture suffered by Jesus,” adding that “the high level of urea hypothesized” in some of the blood “implies renal … malfunction or blockage, which is a condition compatible with intense flagellation … in the area of the kidneys, causing microcytic anemia.”
The study further deduced, “This microcytic anemia, also increased by prolonged fasting, suggests the extreme difficulties Jesus had in exchanging oxygen, which most likely resulted in extremely labored breathing.” The study continued, “Jesus had to heavily increase his breathing,” the study adds, “and, consequently, increase the frequency of his heartbeats, which prompted a heart attack as the main cause of his death.” All of the findings on the blood seemingly refute past research which claims the bloodstains were applied to the cloth with paint.
The Christian Tribune recently reported on other findings from the Shroud of Turin, where the approximate age of the cloth was dated to roughly the time when Jesus Christ would have walked the Earth. The findings from the new use of X-ray technology contradict carbon dating studies from the 1980s, which claimed the shroud dates to the 14th century, suggesting it is a fake.
“‘The data profiles were fully compatible with analogous measurements obtained on a linen sample whose dating, according to historical records, is 55-74 AD, found at Masada, Israel [Herod’s famous fortress built on a limestone bedrock overlooking the Dead Sea],” the study said.
“To make the present result compatible with that of the 1988 radiocarbon test, the Shroud of Turn should have been conserved during its hypothetical seven centuries of life at a secular room temperature very close to the maximum values registered on the earth,” the study added. “Fabric samples are usually subject to all kinds of contamination, which cannot be completely removed from the dated specimen…If the cleaning procedure of the sample is not thoroughly performed, carbon-14 dating is not reliable.”