Category: Shroud of Turin

http://www.sindonology.org/shroudScope/ … &lat=735.0 The cloth has a herringbone twill pattern. The cloth is woven in a three-to-one herringbone twill composed of flax fibrils. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin Herringbone, also called broken twill weave, describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herringbone_%28cloth%29 The herringbone weave pattern has been found in ancient cultures: Various herringbone weaves …

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The shroud has a side strip that is 3.5″ wide that runs the entire length of the cloth. So, the shroud was cut at one point in time and then the strip was sewn back onto the main cloth. You can see the side strip on left side of the cloth below: It is evident …

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I had mentioned 7 blood/image patterns that uniquely identifies the man on the shroud as Jesus. Another factor that dramatically decreases the number of possible candidates of who it can be is the cloth itself. According to Bart Ehrman, the vast majority of crucified victims were not allowed to be buried and thus would not …

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The cubit was the unit of length used in the Ancient Near East. The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was primarily associated with the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites. The term cubit is found in the Bible regarding Noah’s …

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Scriptural references to the linen burial cloth: Mat 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Mar 15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and …

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Folded Piece of Linen with Hieratic Inscriptionca. 1961–1917 B.C., Middle Kingdom https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/561865 The TS is made of a linen cloth. The Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. https://www.shroud.com/ Linen has been used for a long time going back to the time of ancient Egypt. …

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It is my opinion that no signs of postmortem decomposition appear on the Shroud image and that there appears clear evidence that the body was in a state of rigor mortis when placed in the Shroud. https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/ssi14part3.pdf The man on the shroud shows no obvious evidence of postmortem decomposition. The problem, however, becomes more acute …

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otseng wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:29 am But these are not all, I’ll be pointing out more blood evidence to provide additional confirmation. I had already pointed out 3 blood patterns on the TS that points to Jesus of Nazareth. Here are additional ones: 4. Side wound. Doubtful many that were crucified was pierced …

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According to tests done by Baima Bollone, the blood on the shroud is of type AB. The human blood is of AB group. https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/doclist.pdf For the reasons indicated, we are therefore in a position to conclude that the traces of Shroud blood which we examined belong to the AB group. https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/ssi06part3.pdf AB blood type is …

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In addition to scourging, image processing of the shroud also reveal 2 additional types of whip marks. New image processing of the TS confirms the presence of 3 different kinds of scourge marks, related to the use of at least 2 different kinds of whips on the TS and much more faint; they look like …

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