Observe the transformation. The images on the right offer a raw, immediate impression of the individual’s face as it appeared directly after the shroud’s removal. The image on the left presents a vision of healing, showing a reduction in the visible scarring.
The colorization reflects a person of probable Middle Eastern descent, with dark brown eyes. These images are the product of sophisticated, human-guided algorithmic reconstructions, an attempt to understand the man revealed on the Shroud of Turin.
Experience a fascinating demonstration that explains the Shroud of Turin through photography!
https://youtu.be/h6m24BjN5JI
The Shroud of Turin is a captivating artifact, widely believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ! Some researchers even go as far as to call it “the first photograph,” as the image it bears seems to function as a negative, created through divine contact.
From a photographic perspective, the image on the shroud resembles a contact print. But what does this mean, and how does it shape our understanding of Jesus as depicted by this Holy Cloth?
To begin unraveling this mystery, we must first ensure that our source material is indeed the original. While it may not be possible to admire the shroud in person, we can analyze a photograph of someone inspecting it within its frame in Turin.
Take, for instance, Pope Francis in 2015, gently touching the frame of this revered relic. When we zoom in, we notice that the bloodstain on Jesus’s forehead appears on the left side of the image.
Now, the source image of the shroud that we have from the internet shows the stain on the same left side. This consistency leads us to be fairly certain that the internet image has not been altered.
To further illustrate how we should approach understanding the Shroud of Turin, I’ve prepared a simple demonstration. I lift my left hand, which rests upon a photocopy of itself, both on paper and transparent paper.
This mimics the contact print aspect of the shroud. When I invert it, a curious phenomenon occurs.
On this reversed contact print, my thumb appears mirrored to the opposite side, the left side. In reality, however, my left-hand thumb is on the right.
Remarkably, the shroud operates on the same principle. With a stain located on the left side of the forehead, the corresponding positive print would naturally place this mark on the right side.
How can we be sure of this? By flipping the contact print back onto my actual hand, we see that everything aligns perfectly.
Now, applying this logic to the Shroud of Turin, it suggests that the image of Jesus would indeed display the bloodstain on the right side of his face.
By using the same reasoning and recognizing the Shroud of Turin as the real burial cloth of Jesus, we can find out which side of his body the Roman soldier pierced with his lance in John 19:34–35.
One of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
It was the right side.
In unveiling these insights, we not only deepen our appreciation for this extraordinary relic but also embark on a journey through history and faith, forever intrigued by the questions it raises and the mysteries it holds.
Disturbing new discoveries on the Shroud of Turin, by Erich Habich-Traut, 18. Nov. 2024, 5 Pages
This article by Rev. Erich Habich-Traut delves into the notable findings concerning the Shroud of Turin, particularly focusing on the facial injuries of Jesus as revealed through advanced image enhancements utilizing artificial intelligence (AI). Initially perceived as a faint imprint with minimal discernible details, recent technological advancements have enabled a deeper exploration of the Shroud’s image, formerly considered merely a negative representation. The author details a three-year journey of enhancing the image using cutting-edge software, leading to the revelation of markings that suggest the crucified Jesus was subjected to pre-crucifixion beatings. Drawing on biblical accounts, the paper presents the correlation between the facial injuries observed on the Shroud and the descriptions of violence documented in the Gospels. This analysis highlights the significance of the findings, which have not been previously noted by other scholars in the field of Sindonology, thereby contributing a unique perspective to the ongoing discourse surrounding the Shroud of Turin.
When you first examine the faint outlines of the person on the Shroud of Turin with the unaided eye, you don’t see many nuances. The most prominent features you most likely first notice are the burnmarks on it from the year AD 1532. The eight scorched areas correspond to places where molten silver from a candelabra singed the folded relic whilst in a chapel at the House of Savoy.
Look closer, and between these marks, the contours of a body are barely discernible with the naked eye—let alone details of His face.
Not everybody gets to be as close to the shrine as Pope Francis, seen here touching the frame of the Holy Cloth in June 2015.
The Shroud is exhibited only about once every 5 to 10 years. 2025 is the next time it is on show in Turin on the occasion of the Holy Jubilee year.
Today, thankfully, we can use photography to see the image anytime and to get closer to it between public showings.
The Holy Cloth was first photographed in 1898 during a public exhibition by amateur photographer Secondo Pia.
(Left: original / Right: tonality reversed)
Some researchers think the shroud itself could be called “the first photograph” because the image on it is actually a negative, made by divine contact.
Negatives of the shroud show the person as we would have seen Him in real life because the shroud itself is a negative image. A negative of a negative makes a positive image, in film development.
From a photographic perspective, the image on the shroud actually appears to be a contact print: Imagine yourself holding a cloth over your face, and you trace your face on it with edding FROM THE INSIDE. When you lift the cloth away and look at it, you are looking at your mirror image. That’s NOT what you look like to other people. To correct this, I have reversed the image from the Holy Cloth in all image enhancements in this presentation and on my website, https://TheJesusChannel.TV.
Today, with advanced computer algorithms, image software, and AI models, it’s possible to further enhance the image of Jesus on the Holy Cloth, going beyond mere negative/positive reversal and contrast enhancements. So, with my professional background in photography and printing and the eye for detail that comes with that, I enhanced and enhanced and enhanced.
I spend three years, on and off, improving the results. The improvements were also tied to advances in AI technology. I kept coming back to it over the years to see improved results. The secret in the end was to edit the eyes of the person on the shroud and have them opened. After that, the computer algorithms recognized a face and got to work. The results are quite stunning.
A colorized version of Jesus from the Holy Cloth
All recreations and interpretations of Jesus’ face from the shroud of Turin up to that moment had been based on artists renditions and impressions. The artists were influenced by almost 2000 years of church history and an idealized image of the saviour Jesus Christ painted over generations.
What I have done instead is to recreate the image of the crucified Jesus from a shroud, which may or may not be the actual burial cloth, without further human embellishments. The embellishments, you could say, were added by machines with the most intimate and unbiased knowledge of human anatomy.
Enhanced black/white version
Soon, I noticed markings on the face, and at first I attributed them to wrinkles in the cloth. I could have edited them out to make the image more similar to the idealized imagery of Jesus we know, but I left them, mostly for reasons of authenticity.
It wasn’t until many months later that I began to understand the significance of the markings on Jesus’ face. I’m not a person who reads the Bible on a daily basis. If I had been, then the following discovery might have been apparent from the beginning:
I began to suspect that Jesus had been beaten in the face before his crucifixion. This was confirmed when I read the account of Jesus trials; all four evangelists reported beatings on His face with fists, hands, and sticks.
These are their accounts:
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin, Matthew 26:67-68 Then some of them began to spit at him, and they blindfolded him and beat him with their fists. “Prophesy to us,” they jeered. And the guards slapped him as they took him away.
The High Priest Questions Jesus, John 18:19-22 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said.” When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified, John 19:1-3 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
The soldiers mock Jesus, Matthew 27:29-30 They twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they kneeled in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, took the staff, and struck him on the head again and again.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus, Mark 15:19 Again and again, they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus, Luke 22:63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.
That was a lot of punishment. We can compare His wounds from the image on the shroud of Turin with injuries suffered by bare-knuckle fighters:
At the end of a paper is usually a long list of references. I have not listed many references, except the Bible and the image from the Shroud of Turin.
References: Matthew 26:67-68 John 18:19-22 John 19:1-3 Matthew 27:29-30 Mark 15:19 Luke 22:63 The Shroud of Turin https://TheJesusChannel.TV
The Shroud of Turin / The Holy Cloth: stages of the facial restoration process (right to left)
As I was getting ready to leave, a man rushed up to me, kneeled down, and asked, “Good teacher, you are basically good and morally perfect; what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
I asked him, “Why do you think I am good? God is the only one who is fundamentally good. However, if you want to have eternal life, you must obey the commands of the law.”
“Which ones?” the man sought to know. You know these commandments: “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not testify falsely, do not defraud, do not tell lies about others, respect your father and mother, and love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.”
He answered, “I have carefully kept all these commandments since I was a child. What else do I need?”
I felt a lot of respect and compassion for him when I looked at him.
I told him, “If you want to be perfect, sell everything you own. Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven.
Then come and follow Me by becoming My disciple, having faith in Me, and taking the same path I take.”
But what I said made the man sad, and he left crying because he valued his property and possessions more than his relationship with God. He didn’t want to do what I asked.
As I looked around, I told my disciples, “It will be very hard for rich people who cling to their wealth and status as safety to enter the kingdom of God!”
They were shocked and confused by what I had said. But I said to them again,
“Children, how difficult it is for those who place their hope and confidence in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
They were completely and utterly astonished and asked me, “Then who can be saved?”
Looking at them, I said, “With people, it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
Peter began saying to me, “Look, we have given up everything and followed You, becoming Your disciples and accepting You as Teacher and Lord. What will we have?”
So I said to them, “When the time of the new world comes, the Son of Man will sit on his great and glorious throne. And I can promise that you who followed me will sit on twelve thrones, and you will judge the twelve tribes of Israel. Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get a hundred times more than they left. And they will have eternal life.
And many who are last now will be first in the future.”
Amen
The Parable of the Rich Young Man The story emphasizes that eternal life cannot be earned through wealth or strict adherence to commandments alone but requires a deeper commitment to following Jesus and placing trust in God. The rich young man’s sorrowful departure underscores the difficulty many face in letting go of material possessions to fully embrace a spiritual path.
Today I will speak to you about the sign of the cross, the holy spirit and the spirit of truth, the latter of which has become rare in the world.
You may identify the sign you see here as a cross. But the image I’m showing you here today is not a cross.
It is actually a hologram of a single photon, a small particle with a huge message. In the year 2016, researchers from the University of Warsaw were able to capture the photon.
What is the relationship of a particle of light, the smallest indivisible unit of electromagnetic energy, to my person?
Let me tell you.
From the Gospel of the Apostle John:
“I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Even the tiniest indivisible particle of electromagnetic energy in the known Universe, a quantum of light, carries a message of salvation and hope for all of humanity. I am your guiding light – my followers shall know me by the image of the photon.
Photon Pressure Photons, those massless particles of electromagnetic radiation, can transfer momentum to matter. This transmission generates a force known as photon pressure. Photons lack mass, but they have motion due to their energy. The equation p=E/c describes the relationship between momentum (p), energy (E), and the speed of light in a vacuum (c). In physics, this is called an optical force.
I Promise the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Truth The festival of the Holy Spirit is celebrated 50 days after Easter. It marks the beginning of the Christian Church’s mission to the world. The Holy Spirit festival is loosely fashioned after the Jewish Shavuot celebration, also 50 days after Passover.
I was crucified after the Passover meal.
During Passover, a lamb used to be slaughtered as a sacrifice to God.
Thus I, Jesus, became the Lamb of God, to be crucified to take away the sins of the world.
John has recorded my saying the following in chapter 14:15–31 of the New Testament: If you love me, keep my commands. I will also ask the Father to give you another helper who will be with you forever: the Spirit of Truth.
The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him because he lives in you and always will.
Do not worry about being alone; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
On that day, you will know that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.
My father will love the person who loves me, and I will love them and show myself to them. Then the other Judas (not the one who would betray me, Judas Iscariot), said,
“But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
I, Jesus, replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching.
These words do not come from me; they come from the Father who sent me. All of this I told you while I was still with you.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Have peace in your hearts, and do not be afraid.
I told you I was leaving and would return to you. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. What I have told you now will help you believe it when it happens. I will not say much more to you now, for the ruler of this world, Satan, is coming.
Satan had no hold over me, but he came so that the world could learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father commands me.
“Now is the time; let us go,” I said long ago.
Now is the time; let us go!
Amen!
On TheJesusChannel.TV, Jesus speaks to you with the countenance of the most realistic reconstruction of the man seen on the Shroud of Turin. Many believe this person to be Jesus himself.
The Quantum of Light and Its Symbolism: The metaphor of light, especially as represented by a photon—the smallest indivisible unit of electromagnetic energy—holds deep spiritual significance.
Just as light dispels darkness, Jesus proclaimed, “I am the light of the world.” His teachings and sacrifice are seen as illuminating the path to salvation and hope for humanity. The image of the photon becomes a powerful symbol, representing both the scientific marvel of light and the spiritual enlightenment offered by Christ.
Photon Pressure and Momentum: The concept of photon pressure, where massless photons transfer momentum to matter, parallels the idea of spiritual influence. While photons lack mass, their energy and motion impact the world around them. Similarly, spiritual forces can shape our lives even when they are imperceptible.
The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Truth: The festival of the Holy Spirit, celebrated after Easter, marks the beginning of the Christian Church’s mission. It aligns with the Jewish Shavuot, emphasizing continuity and renewal.
Jesus promised the Holy Spirit (the Advocate) to guide and teach believers. This Spirit of Truth dwells within, providing wisdom and reminding them of Christ’s teachings. The intimate relationship between the Father, Jesus, and believers is beautifully expressed: “I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you.”
Peace and Obedience: Jesus left a legacy of peace—a peace distinct from worldly offerings. It’s a peace that transcends circumstances and resides in the hearts of believers. Obedience to Christ’s teachings is an expression of love. Those who love Him will keep His commands, and the Father’s love will be with them.
The promise of the Holy Spirit ensures that believers are not alone; they have divine guidance and companionship.
Facing Challenges and Spiritual Warfare: The mention of Satan highlights the ongoing spiritual battle. Jesus, by obeying the Father’s commands, demonstrated victory over evil. As believers, we navigate this world while anticipating Christ’s return. The call to action—“Now is the time; let us go”—encourages us to live faithfully.
These words resonate with the timeless message of faith, love, and hope. May we continue to seek the light and follow its guidance. 🌟
