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Italian Professor Creates 3D "Carbon Copy" of Jesus Using the Shroud of Turin

Claire Chretien : Mar 30, 2018
Lifesitenews.com

"At the moment of His death, the Man of the Shroud sagged down towards the right, because his right shoulder was dislocated so seriously as to injure the nerves." -Giulio Fanti

(Italy)— [Lifesitenews.com] Using the Shroud of Turin, a professor at the University of Padua has created a 3D "carbon copy" of Jesus Christ after being tortured and crucified. (Image: 3-D sculpture of the image on the Shroud of Turin/ TgPadova Telenuovo/YouTube/via LifeSiteNews.com)

The Shroud of Turin is believed to be a cloth in which Jesus was wrapped after He died.

"We believe that we finally have the precise image of what Jesus looked like on this earth," Giulio Fanti, the professor behind the sculpture, told the Chi periodical. Aleteia translated his remarks.

Fanti says that based on the marks on the Shroud of Turin, Jesus received "a total of at least 600 blows."

The sculpture of Jesus' tortured body reflects these wounds.

"At the moment of His death, the Man of the Shroud sagged down towards the right, because his right shoulder was dislocated so seriously as to injure the nerves," Fanti said.

During Holy Week, Christians pay particular attention to the suffering Christ underwent before and during His crucifixion...

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