I have had an interest and fascination about the Shroud of Turin for years, and I've read and listened to many discussions about the Shroud over those years. With all the studies, tests, scientists and experts who have studied it, no one has been able to explain exactly how the image was imprinted on the cloth nor have they been able to duplicate it. I believe Jesus may have, in fact, left us a tangible hint of proof of his resurrection.
They know the cloth isn't old enough. They know that type of herringbone weave didn't exist in first century Middle Eastern textiles. They know there is zero mention of it until the 14th century. They know the "blood" isn't consistent with crucifixion wounds. And the most damning fact? The Romans did not allow corpses to be removed from the cross.
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Thank you Brandon, this was very interesting. I know he had to be dark skin because He’s from the Middle East. I know it makes some people upset. We were all made from God’s image 🙏 God bless
Well the logic of that presupposes 1. That you know what god's genetics looks like Or 2. That Mary had the dominant genes in that conception You could argue that he theoretically could have been darker but it's ultimately based on the idea that he had 2 middle eastern human parents
The earliest depictions of Jesus used the 'god' pattern of pagan gods....no one knew what Jesus looked like. Our vision of Jesus comes from the shroud of Turin. And, yes, Jesus was a middle eastern man probably with olive skin and dark hair.
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I've got a few problems with your video. Using click bait should not be your style, at least in the end you say this is what Jesus might have looked like, say that in the title instead. Next, no image of Jesus would look like Him that was created from an artist that never saw Jesus in person, it would just be drawn using their imagination and descriptions in the bible, and to suggest this looks like him is not credible.
Hmm, guess everyone has a differing opinion on Yashua’s appearance but obviously you guys have not seen the movie “Heaven is Real”. A young boy Colton has brush with death & meets Jesus. In the end his Dad shows him pictures asking if those were Jesus & he emphatically says NO to them all. Till, the Dad’s laptop pulls up story of young girl who did die & met Jesus. Being something of a prodigy artist she paints an incredible portrait of the Jesus SHE met. Coulton sees HER painting on the laptop & says “ THAT’s Jesus I met!! So that young boy corroborated the girls image of Jesus & they had never met. A very Jewish looking Jesus with curly hair, thick brown beard but had greenish hazel eyes.
I’m kind of surprised that you needed to make this video. They laid the idea of blond blue eyed Jesus to rest decades ago. Isaiah 53:1 foretold that “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” This suggests, he wasn’t like the first kings Saul (tall and majestic) or David (extremely good-looking). So, my assumption is that he looks like a regular 1st century jewish man. Maybe a little taller (5’10 to 6’) according to the shroud.
John 20:7 In the Bible, John 20:7 describes how the cloth that was wrapped around Jesus' head was folded up and placed separately from the linen cloths. The shroud can’t be what Jesus was wrapped in. Therefore, Jesus was not put in that shroud.
My issue with the Shroud of Turin has always been that it looks to be a solid piece of cloth, but according to John, the cloth that was covering Jesus’ head was a separate piece. So how exactly were first century Jews buried? Again, according to John, Lazarus’ hands and feet were bound with linen strips and his face was wrapped with a cloth. This is how I always assumed that Jesus would have also been buried.
Interesting when you put him in the mirror image where he looks more stoic, he has two swords. Kind of makes me think of a double edge sword from his mouth would be the words?
These are not presented for worship. But people will make a deal that all the images (including old movies) look different. This just gives insight as to why.
Keep this in mind. What Jesus look like in the first century is what he looks like now in heaven and what he will look like when he returns at the end of the age. He still has his human body although it has been glorified as will our human bodies be?
One has to be careful when viewing images of Yeshua from pictures. Depending on where and when the images were painted, Yeshua would be potrayed according to the fashion of that place and era. for example Greek manuscripts will have him portrayed beardless and hair in the style of the Greeks of that time or even recently in Europe he is depicted with European features and blue eyes, blond hair etc. . Yeshua was Jewish i.e Middle Eastern and would have fashioned his clothing and body appearance as most Jews would have appeared in Judeah circa 5 AD. The Turin shroud would give a very good example of how Jews appeared circa 5 AD, as now we know that the linen cloth has been recalibrated to around the time of Christ, and frorensic evidence shows that the Turin Shroud has all the hallmarks of a typical Jewish burial..
The complexions of the Dura Europos Abraham & Moses aren’t “much, much darker.” They look like any caucasoid people with sun exposure would look. People usually understand basics about sun exposure on the skin.
The mirrored image on the left (me looking at it) from St. Catherine's Monastery immediately made me picture the Shroud of Turin image. I'm not trying to suggest anything. It's just an observation. I'm interested in your take of my thought. ADDED: The previous was entered long before you mentioned the shroud. Blessed 2025.
According to the book Heaven Is For Real. The picture that the little girl painted and the boy saw Jesus had short hair and blue eyes. He has a beard. This video is interesting. Happy New Year.
Jesus appears to people the way that they see him. If I have an image in my head, that's what I will see in visors and dreams. It's like the character of God. He is who you say He is. For me personally, I don't care what Jesus looks like buy I know that when I see Him i will know exactly who He is.
Can someone help me. Is Jesus and God the same person? My faith has been growing over the last but I feel my prayers are not focused due to my confusion.
I am not a theologian or even some one who can claim to be knowledgeable, but this is how I view the Holy Trinity. When I think of or pray to God, I understand the Holy Trinity as three living expressions of God. God expressed as the Father, Creator and basis of everything and everyone; Jesus as the expression of God as Son and our Brother who took on our humanity to be with us and save us and then God expressed as the Holy Spirit who is with us always to guide us in our daily lives if we ask and if we listen. I have found that simply talking with God as my Father or as Son and my Brother or as Holy Spirit guiding and teaching me just depends on the particular time and circumstance. I know there are much better explanations than mine, but I do know that if you persevere, God will bless you in your seeking.
The Lord Jesus Christ in His human form was portrayed as too good looking based on the Shroud of Turin in contrast with the description of Isaiah 53:2 about the Messiah. New KJV Isaiah 53:2 " For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him." Isaiah clearly says that the physical human form of the Messiah had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him
That scripture isn't about Jesus on earth. That is a highly symbolic description of Jesus when He comes back to get down with business. His hair is white like wool. Just the color not the texture. He has feet that glows like bronze in the furnace. Glowing hot bronze is reddish orange in color. His face is shining like the sun. His eyes are blazing like fire. He's also holding stars and has a 2 edged sword hanging out of His mouth. None of this points to what He looked like.
Brandon. Stop. *NOBODY KNOWS WHAT JESUS LOOKED LIKED* Ancient artistic renderings created decades to centuries after his supposed existence can't even be considered.
@dominicpardo4783 I agree that we cannot say: "these images sHOW what Jesus Looked like". We can only say that images like these show what Jesus "may have looked like" , or "logically would have looked like", etc. That Jesus was born, lived and witnessed dying on the cross and then witnessed alive again afterwards, is accepted as historical. That historical Jesus existed is typically not disputed. That He is the prophesied Messiah as described in the old testament, is what some believe and others do not accept.
@RLaraMoore No. No. And, no. Nobody has the foggiest notion of what he looked like. It is generally accepted that the man existed. The story is highly embellished. The gospels can't even agree. The nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke are completely different. As far as being seen after the crucifixion, there are *CLAIMS* which are *NOT* historically corroborated. The Romans did not allow corpses to be removed from the cross. The four empty tomb narratives are wildly different. There's no such thing as prophecy.
@dominicpardo4783 The implication from Hebrew Jewish history that Abraham Isaac and Jacob had a relationship with God is documented as real like other accepted history. That Jesus was born and lived and was crucified and witnessed alive after having died. Same. That a Messiah was prophesied in the old testament (testament, testimony.. what was witnessed and testified about), same. That Jesus claimed to be the prophesied Messiah, same. That Jesus's birth life and death precisely fulfilled hundreds of specific prophesies, same. What is questioned by some, and whole heartedly accepted by others, is whether or not Jesus actually was the Messiah and Son of God, God incarnate. Have you read the Bible? Or CS Lewis? Or Lee Strobel's testimony in his book? (or movie): "The Case For Christ" Lee Strobel was an investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune and he set out to research the veracity of scripture regarding Jesus. He began as an atheist and ended up becoming a Christian.
@RLaraMoore Bahahahaha. Abraham, Moses, etc... are NOT historical figures. Most serious scholars consider them mythological. That Jesus was seen alive after death is a CLAIM and is not corroborated historically. Prophecy isn't real or reliable. Jesus NEVER claimed to be a "Messiah." I attended Christian school K-12 and then the Seminary for two years. So I know the bible better than you. C.S. Lewis was primarily a fantasy writer whose best argument for god was a variation of Pascal's Wager. Strobel was a hack.
It's better to trust the scriptures than other sources. He was like no other because of his character and not his physical appearance. Jesus, the Christ, looked like everyone else, hence he had to be pointed out yo the soldiers by means of a kiss. If it was true that he had reddish blonde hair, he would have stood out. The reason why his image changed in pictures is that certain people wanted to own him.
Scientific research is done with all available data, not just the ones that suit us. Carbon dating for the shroud of Turin revealed that the textile material was made around the 13-th century (after 1250 ad). But this information does not sell books or videos on TH-cam.
That's very well known information, it's in a lot of books and videos on TH-cam, don't pretend to know things better by just pointing out that. That's not mentioned here because that's not the point of the video. They had to put a face there, so they could have either put the shroud's face or pick a random painting with a middle-east look, and they decided to go with the shroud. Even if the shroud was fake any other depiction wouldn't be more accurate than that. About the shroud itself: In general there is mixed evidence about the autenticity of the shroud, some evidence points to it being authentic(older testimonials and depictions of the shroud than the date found by carbon test, some anatomic details that would require more knowledge of medicine than the one available at that time, there were not known methods to produce an image like that at that time) and other evidence of being a fake, in order to give a verdict it's necessary to consider ALL the evidence, not just cherry pick and ignore the rest. ...but I guess recognizing that there is not definitive answer yet don't inflate the ego of random people on the internet.
You have not read the latest research which evidently and scientifically debunks the results that pointed to the Turin shroud at 1300 AD, many errors and assumptions were incorrectly employed in giving that false time index. . Further scientific research using varied schools of material science and more accurate measurements has clearly shown that the linen cloth depicting the image has been recalibrated to around the time of Christ.
Celsius said that the main tenet of Christianity was “Do not ask questions, just believe”. Matthew said 7:7-8: 7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. I don't understand why so many Christians are trying so hard to prove Celsus right.
yep, that's true, however the point of showing the paitings wasn't to show a compilation of the oldest depictions of Jesus, it was to point out that at the beginning when people didn't have a clear image of Jesus they just portrayed him similar to the people nearby.
Yeshua did not come to be worshipped, he came to teach us how we could worship his Father in heaven. No where did Yeshua demand that his followers worship him. He rebuked the false one in the desert who offered him such a position. Any church that worships Yeshua is a false church.
I have had an interest and fascination about the Shroud of Turin for years, and I've read and listened to many discussions about the Shroud over those years. With all the studies, tests, scientists and experts who have studied it, no one has been able to explain exactly how the image was imprinted on the cloth nor have they been able to duplicate it. I believe Jesus may have, in fact, left us a tangible hint of proof of his resurrection.
They know the cloth isn't old enough. They know that type of herringbone weave didn't exist in first century Middle Eastern textiles. They know there is zero mention of it until the 14th century. They know the "blood" isn't consistent with crucifixion wounds. And the most damning fact? The Romans did not allow corpses to be removed from the cross.
There is a line on the shroud image below the head. Thus signifies Da Vinci 's fascination with the beheaded John the Baptist
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The shroud of Turin is a good image. A miraculous image.
It's a proven fake.
Yeshua ha’Mashiach, King of Kings and LORD of Lords!
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Thank you Brandon, this was very interesting. I know he had to be dark skin because He’s from the Middle East. I know it makes some people upset. We were all made from God’s image 🙏 God bless
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Well the logic of that presupposes
1. That you know what god's genetics looks like
Or
2. That Mary had the dominant genes in that conception
You could argue that he theoretically could have been darker but it's ultimately based on the idea that he had 2 middle eastern human parents
olive complexion
The Galla Placidia picture looks like Jesus is about to play an upright bass. ( I mean no offense)
I would love to know what Jesus was like as a toddler. Did he go through terrible twos? Did he have issues with teething?
The earliest depictions of Jesus used the 'god' pattern of pagan gods....no one knew what Jesus looked like. Our vision of Jesus comes from the shroud of Turin. And, yes, Jesus was a middle eastern man probably with olive skin and dark hair.
So cool!!! Thank you for sharing these images & insight!!
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I've got a few problems with your video. Using click bait should not be your style, at least in the end you say this is what Jesus might have looked like, say that in the title instead. Next, no image of Jesus would look like Him that was created from an artist that never saw Jesus in person, it would just be drawn using their imagination and descriptions in the bible, and to suggest this looks like him is not credible.
Hmm, guess everyone has a differing opinion on Yashua’s appearance but obviously you guys have not seen the movie “Heaven is Real”. A young boy Colton has brush with death & meets Jesus. In the end his Dad shows him pictures asking if those were Jesus & he emphatically says NO to them all. Till, the Dad’s laptop pulls up story of young girl who did die & met Jesus. Being something of a prodigy artist she paints an incredible portrait of the Jesus SHE met. Coulton sees HER painting on the laptop & says “ THAT’s Jesus I met!! So that young boy corroborated the girls image of Jesus & they had never met. A very Jewish looking Jesus with curly hair, thick brown beard but had greenish hazel eyes.
I’m kind of surprised that you needed to make this video.
They laid the idea of blond blue eyed Jesus to rest decades ago.
Isaiah 53:1 foretold that “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” This suggests, he wasn’t like the first kings Saul (tall and majestic) or David (extremely good-looking).
So, my assumption is that he looks like a regular 1st century jewish man. Maybe a little taller (5’10 to 6’) according to the shroud.
John 20:7
In the Bible, John 20:7 describes how the cloth that was wrapped around Jesus' head was folded up and placed separately from the linen cloths.
The shroud can’t be what Jesus was wrapped in. Therefore, Jesus was not put in that shroud.
There's another piece to the shroud. A smaller piece. Someone else has it and it was tested and matches the data collected on this one.
My issue with the Shroud of Turin has always been that it looks to be a solid piece of cloth, but according to John, the cloth that was covering Jesus’ head was a separate piece. So how exactly were first century Jews buried? Again, according to John, Lazarus’ hands and feet were bound with linen strips and his face was wrapped with a cloth. This is how I always assumed that Jesus would have also been buried.
Interesting when you put him in the mirror image where he looks more stoic, he has two swords. Kind of makes me think of a double edge sword from his mouth would be the words?
Anyway we must never worship images
These are not presented for worship. But people will make a deal that all the images (including old movies) look different. This just gives insight as to why.
Hello Brandon
Thank you
Please read Revelation 1:14-15
Keep this in mind. What Jesus look like in the first century is what he looks like now in heaven and what he will look like when he returns at the end of the age. He still has his human body although it has been glorified as will our human bodies be?
So true.
One has to be careful when viewing images of Yeshua from pictures. Depending on where and when the images were painted, Yeshua would be potrayed according to the fashion of that place and era. for example Greek manuscripts will have him portrayed beardless and hair in the style of the Greeks of that time or even recently in Europe he is depicted with European features and blue eyes, blond hair etc. . Yeshua was Jewish i.e Middle Eastern and would have fashioned his clothing and body appearance as most Jews would have appeared in Judeah circa 5 AD. The Turin shroud would give a very good example of how Jews appeared circa 5 AD, as now we know that the linen cloth has been recalibrated to around the time of Christ, and frorensic evidence shows that the Turin Shroud has all the hallmarks of a typical Jewish burial..
In that first photo, when you show the symmetry, the Jesus on the right, that you say looks harsh, looks very much like Sylvester Stallone.
The complexions of the Dura Europos Abraham & Moses aren’t “much, much darker.” They look like any caucasoid people with sun exposure would look. People usually understand basics about sun exposure on the skin.
Melanin. Abraham and Moses are mythical figures.
The mirrored image on the left (me looking at it) from St. Catherine's Monastery immediately made me picture the Shroud of Turin image. I'm not trying to suggest anything. It's just an observation. I'm interested in your take of my thought. ADDED: The previous was entered long before you mentioned the shroud. Blessed 2025.
According to the book Heaven Is For Real. The picture that the little girl painted and the boy saw Jesus had short hair and blue eyes. He has a beard. This video is interesting. Happy New Year.
Jesus appears to people the way that they see him. If I have an image in my head, that's what I will see in visors and dreams. It's like the character of God. He is who you say He is. For me personally, I don't care what Jesus looks like buy I know that when I see Him i will know exactly who He is.
Thank you for sharing.
May God bless you and your loved ones indeed in 2025.
Blessings from South Africa
Then can you please explain to us about stigmata some saint have? Does the hole on hand the same as Jesus?
That split pic had tattoos on Jesus's neck
Brandon - can you do something on the “Epiphany”? Why did 3 gentile Astronomers come hundreds of miles to pay homage to the King of the Jews?
Can someone help me. Is Jesus and God the same person? My faith has been growing over the last but I feel my prayers are not focused due to my confusion.
I am not a theologian or even some one who can claim to be knowledgeable, but this is how I view the Holy Trinity. When I think of or pray to God, I understand the Holy Trinity as three living expressions of God. God expressed as the Father, Creator and basis of everything and everyone; Jesus as the expression of God as Son and our Brother who took on our humanity to be with us and save us and then God expressed as the Holy Spirit who is with us always to guide us in our daily lives if we ask and if we listen. I have found that simply talking with God as my Father or as Son and my Brother or as Holy Spirit guiding and teaching me just depends on the particular time and circumstance. I know there are much better explanations than mine, but I do know that if you persevere, God will bless you in your seeking.
@ thank you for your explanation. God has blessed me in so many ways and I am more for-filled with Him in my life. God bless you today and always.
One pupil is larger than the other.
The Lord Jesus Christ in His human form was portrayed as too good looking based on the Shroud of Turin in contrast with the description of Isaiah 53:2 about the Messiah.
New KJV Isaiah 53:2 " For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him."
Isaiah clearly says that the physical human form of the Messiah had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him
The first image shown is false. The halo around His head represents sun worship
It is also the Greco Roman image of Zeus
Random artists interpretations of how Jesus looked. Nothing approaching the historical or biblical descriptions of Jesus or his contemporary Rabbis.
Most of those images of Jesus were based in the Roman god Apollo, the good shepherd, NOT Jesus.
Check out Paul Hansen’s AI work based on the Shroud image.
The Shroud of Turin is a fraud. The cloth isn't old enough, and that type of textile didn't exist in the first century.
The shroud is a fraud.
@@dominicpardo4783 The shrould is Da Vinci's dedication to his fascination with John the Baptist
@ read the most recent finding
@dominicpardo4783 when it comes your time, you will regret all your nonsense.
What about hair like wool?
That scripture isn't about Jesus on earth. That is a highly symbolic description of Jesus when He comes back to get down with business. His hair is white like wool. Just the color not the texture. He has feet that glows like bronze in the furnace. Glowing hot bronze is reddish orange in color. His face is shining like the sun. His eyes are blazing like fire. He's also holding stars and has a 2 edged sword hanging out of His mouth. None of this points to what He looked like.
Love it
Interesting different
Brandon. Stop. *NOBODY KNOWS WHAT JESUS LOOKED LIKED* Ancient artistic renderings created decades to centuries after his supposed existence can't even be considered.
@dominicpardo4783
I agree that we cannot say: "these images sHOW what Jesus Looked like".
We can only say that images like these show what Jesus "may have looked like" , or "logically would have looked like", etc.
That Jesus was born, lived and witnessed dying on the cross and then witnessed alive again afterwards, is accepted as historical. That historical Jesus existed is typically not disputed.
That He is the prophesied Messiah as described in the old testament, is what some believe and others do not accept.
@RLaraMoore No. No. And, no. Nobody has the foggiest notion of what he looked like. It is generally accepted that the man existed. The story is highly embellished. The gospels can't even agree. The nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke are completely different. As far as being seen after the crucifixion, there are *CLAIMS* which are *NOT* historically corroborated. The Romans did not allow corpses to be removed from the cross. The four empty tomb narratives are wildly different. There's no such thing as prophecy.
@RLaraMoore Nope. Everything in the bible is pretty much unsubstantiated.
@dominicpardo4783
The implication from Hebrew Jewish history that Abraham Isaac and Jacob had a relationship with God is documented as real like other accepted history.
That Jesus was born and lived and was crucified and witnessed alive after having died. Same.
That a Messiah was prophesied in the old testament (testament, testimony.. what was witnessed and testified about), same.
That Jesus claimed to be the prophesied Messiah, same.
That Jesus's birth life and death precisely fulfilled hundreds of specific prophesies, same.
What is questioned by some, and whole heartedly accepted by others, is whether or not Jesus actually was the Messiah and Son of God, God incarnate.
Have you read the Bible?
Or CS Lewis?
Or Lee Strobel's testimony in his book? (or movie):
"The Case For Christ"
Lee Strobel was an investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune and he set out to research the veracity of scripture regarding Jesus.
He began as an atheist and ended up becoming a Christian.
@RLaraMoore Bahahahaha. Abraham, Moses, etc... are NOT historical figures. Most serious scholars consider them mythological. That Jesus was seen alive after death is a CLAIM and is not corroborated historically. Prophecy isn't real or reliable. Jesus NEVER claimed to be a "Messiah."
I attended Christian school K-12 and then the Seminary for two years. So I know the bible better than you. C.S. Lewis was primarily a fantasy writer whose best argument for god was a variation of Pascal's Wager. Strobel was a hack.
I have to disagree it was said that Jesus was like no man around him, Pontius Pilot wrote Rome that he had reddish blond hair and fair skin
It's better to trust the scriptures than other sources. He was like no other because of his character and not his physical appearance. Jesus, the Christ, looked like everyone else, hence he had to be pointed out yo the soldiers by means of a kiss. If it was true that he had reddish blonde hair, he would have stood out. The reason why his image changed in pictures is that certain people wanted to own him.
That letter is a forgery.
Love your final picture! However, he's too attractive. Check. Isaiah 53:2. He shouldn't be a naturally handsome man
He would never have had long hair. Long hair was solely for women
I suggest that you look up the requirements of being a Nazarine.
False
There is an ai image of our lord
Definitely not like Caucasian Pantene model 😂
Scientific research is done with all available data, not just the ones that suit us.
Carbon dating for the shroud of Turin revealed that the textile material was made around the 13-th century (after 1250 ad).
But this information does not sell books or videos on TH-cam.
That's very well known information, it's in a lot of books and videos on TH-cam, don't pretend to know things better by just pointing out that. That's not mentioned here because that's not the point of the video. They had to put a face there, so they could have either put the shroud's face or pick a random painting with a middle-east look, and they decided to go with the shroud. Even if the shroud was fake any other depiction wouldn't be more accurate than that.
About the shroud itself: In general there is mixed evidence about the autenticity of the shroud, some evidence points to it being authentic(older testimonials and depictions of the shroud than the date found by carbon test, some anatomic details that would require more knowledge of medicine than the one available at that time, there were not known methods to produce an image like that at that time) and other evidence of being a fake, in order to give a verdict it's necessary to consider ALL the evidence, not just cherry pick and ignore the rest.
...but I guess recognizing that there is not definitive answer yet don't inflate the ego of random people on the internet.
You have not read the latest research which evidently and scientifically debunks the results that pointed to the Turin shroud at 1300 AD, many errors and assumptions were incorrectly employed in giving that false time index. . Further scientific research using varied schools of material science and more accurate measurements has clearly shown that the linen cloth depicting the image has been recalibrated to around the time of Christ.
Celsius said that the main tenet of Christianity was “Do not ask questions, just believe”. Matthew said 7:7-8: 7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
I don't understand why so many Christians are trying so hard to prove Celsus right.
I thought the oldest image of Jesus was graffiti of him with a donkey head?
yep, that's true, however the point of showing the paitings wasn't to show a compilation of the oldest depictions of Jesus, it was to point out that at the beginning when people didn't have a clear image of Jesus they just portrayed him similar to the people nearby.
Liar
Blue eyes?
I have been told no one knows what Jesus. Therefore, we have nothing to worship.
But we must never worship images
Yeshua did not come to be worshipped, he came to teach us how we could worship his Father in heaven. No where did Yeshua demand that his followers worship him. He rebuked the false one in the desert who offered him such a position. Any church that worships Yeshua is a false church.
I believe that the "Abraham", could be Lazarus risen.