Text on Shroud of Turin finally determined! The text reads in Greek "Jesus Nazarene" While faint letters scattered around the face on the shroud were seen decades ago, serious researchers dismissed them due to the test's results in 1988, which have since been found to be meaningless because the sample was taken from a patch that was sewn for repair in the 14th century. But when she cut out the words from photos of the shroud and showed them to experts they concurred the writing style was typical of the Middle East in the first century - Jesus' time. Frale claimed the text also partially confirms the Gospels' account of Jesus' final moments. A fragment in Greek that can be read as "removed at the ninth hour" may refer to Christ's time of death reported in the holy texts, she said. She asserts the words include the name "Jesus Nazarene" in Greek, proving the text could not be of medieval origin because no Christian at the time, even a forger, would have labeled Jesus a Nazarene without...
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