Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 68
? 68 by Hanas Naber Verlage, he can easily understand the reaction of the Church. Pope Pius IX remarked: “This picture has not been made by any human hand. ” The scientists declare that the cloth and history both confirm that it is the picture of Christ. The manufacture and texture of the cloth show that it is the sort of cloth which was found at Pompeii. The double marks on the cloth show that one half of the cloth was wrapped around the body of Christ, and the other half was used to cover his head. The ointment applied to Christ’s body, together with the heat of the body reproduced the impressions of Christ’s body on the cloth. The fresh blood of Christ as absorbed into the cloth also left marks on it. The photograph clearly shows the marks made by the crown of thorns on the base of the head and the forehead of Christ, the swollen right cheek of Christ, the deep spear mark on the right side, the blood stains due to blood flowing from the wounds caused by nails, and the marks on the back caused by friction with cross. But the most astonishing fact is that in the negative, the two closed eyes of Christ seem as if they are open. The photograph also reveals that the nails were not struck on the palms but on the hard joints of the wrists. Another thing which becomes clear is that the spear did not touch the heart of Christ. The Bible says that Christ gave up the ghost , but the scientists insist that the heart had not stopped functioning. It is also observed that if Christ had remained lifeless on the cross for an hour, the blood would have coagulated