The forensic details on the Shroud fully agree with the Scriptures regarding the passion, death, burial, and Resurrection of Jesus. The alignment is so complete that Pope John Paul II called the Shroud \u201cA Mirror of the Gospel\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s compare what the Bible says about the Passion of Jesus with the evidence on the Shroud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the Gospels say:<\/strong> \u201cAnd some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, \u2018Prophesy!\u2019 And the guards received him with blows.\u201d Mark 14:65<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him.\u201d Luke 22:63<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Evidence on the Shroud shows that Jesus was struck in the face with either a fist or a rod about 1.5 inches or 3.8 cm thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Gospels say:<\/strong> \u201cSo Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.\u201d Mark 15:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.\u201d John 19:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Gospels say:<\/strong> \u201cAnd they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him, \u2018Hail, King of the Jews!\u2019 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him\u2026\u201d Mark 15:17-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d and struck him with their hands.\u201d John 19:2-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Gospels say: <\/strong> What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Gospels say:<\/strong> \u201cAnd when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.\u201d Luke 23:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What the Gospels say: <\/strong> What we see on the Shroud:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The incredible detail in the Shroud image matches the Gospel accounts, right down to the smallest details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why Pope John Paul II called the Shroud \u201ca mirror of the Gospels.\u201d Most recently, Pope Francis referred to it as \u201ca perfect icon of a man scourged and crucified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":868,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"deep-dives-articles-category":[28],"class_list":["post-828","deep-dives-article","type-deep-dives-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","deep-dives-articles-category-scripture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>\u201cThen they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, saying, \u201cProphesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?\u2019\u201d Matthew 26:67<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Jesus was scourged<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>\u201cThen he [Pilate] released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.\u201d Matthew 27:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Jesus was crowned with thorns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>\u201cThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d – Matthew 27:27-29<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Jesus carried his cross<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.\u201d John 19:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Jesus was nailed to the cross<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>\u201cAnd they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them\u2026 And it was the third hour, when they crucified him.\u201d Mark 15:24-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Jesus was pierced in the side<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSince it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.\u201d John 19:31-34<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Takeaway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n