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were no wounds on his body. " What Jesus said made such an impact on Naber that he picked up a pen and wrote it down as though someone were guiding his hand. In essence the message was as follows: "I did not die on the cross. The wounds on my hands and feet took away my strength. The pains burned my body. The beast opened up my side. Its lance was thrust from below into my chest, it did not hit heart. My my side bled. My body was lifeless but not dead. My heart was still beating, my wounds were treated with balm. Joseph of Arimathea laid me in a grave of rocks. My body could rest. My heart grew stronger. Then I rose again. " While Jesus was talking to him, as Naber wrote on the paper, Naber could recall each item in vivid close-up, the most vivid of which were the last words of Jesus: "I am Jesus whom men crucified. You, Hans, have seen that I did not die on the cross. You must render testimony of this fact. " Then Jesus was gone. Naber slept for three days and, revived from the ordeal. quit the black market and began giving fervent witness to the truth which had been revealed to him. Neue Zeitung, an occupation army newspaper published by the Americans for German civilians, published in 1947 an interview with Naber. Most readers did not take the story seriously, some readers were outraged to think he would challenge the fact that Christ died on the cross. He needed proof, Naber said, and not long thereafter, he heard of the shroud of Turin for the first time. 208