Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 66
? 66 re-appearance on the earth was, therefore, not a resurrection, but recovery from a swoon. The Scandinavian paper, Stockholm Tidiningen , published a leading article by the editor, Christer Iderlumd, on the subject in its issue of April 2, 1957. An Urdu translation of the same was published by the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Rabwah (Pakistan), under the title, Hazrat Masih Naseri Saleeb Par Hargiz Faut Naheen Hu’ay. I am taking the liberty of rendering it into English as follows: Did Christ Die on the Cross? A group of German scientists had been making investiga- tions regarding the shroud of Jesus for the last eight years. The results of their researches have been recently made available to the press. The two thousand year old wind- ing sheet of Christ has been found in the Italian town of Turin. It bears the impressions of Christ’s body. The scientists have informed the Pope about the dis- covery. But the Pope is silent. The discovery brings to light a vital secret of the religious history of the Catholic Church. With the help of the art of photography, the sci- entists have tried to prove that the resurrection, which was regarded as a miracle by the people for the past two thou- sand years, was in fact a natural physiological phenome- non. They have conclusively proved that Christ did not die on the cross. The issue of Christ’s shroud has been under discussion