The body was also proportionate as the researcher thought it would be even in the first glimpse of the Holy Shroud this notion was proven by Dr. Pierre Barbet, a prominent French surgeon, published his landmark book, A doctor at Calvary documenting 15 years of medical research on the Shroud image. He described “the physiology and pathology of the man on the shroud an “Anatomically Perfect.” (www.shroud.com) Biblical accounts were also included in this research which corresponds to the imprints on the Shroud. According to the gospel account of St. Matthew, “then Pilate’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace, and the whole company gathered around Him. They stripped off His clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and place it on his head, and put a dark stick in his right hand, then they knelt before Him and made fun of Him. Long live the King of the Jews!’ they said. They spat on Him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. When they had finished making fun of Him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.” (Matthew, the Disciple. Good News Bible, 95.p:47.) The theory that the researcher has regarding on the body imprinted on the cloth was by mere contact with the severely wounded body alone of the tortured Christ. This idea was supported by scientific theories. “One of the favorite theories of scientific Shroudies was that the image was not in itself a miracle, but that it was the by product of one, the Resurrection. This is the Nuclear Flash Theory by STURP co-founder John Jackson and taken up enthusiastically by many others. They suggest that, as the image resembles a scorch mark, it was caused by a split second burst of high energy radiation emanating from Jesus’ body as it regenerated. Since the carbon dating, believers have hastily capitalized on this theory:...
