Passion of Christ

                        
A scientist examined the Shroud of Turin and made these conclusions from what was noticed about the suffering Jesus endured.

      1.  Jesus’ sweating during his agony in the garden was likely part of a medical condition called hematidrosis, which also causes skin to become extremely sensitive to touch, something that would make the subsequent hours of his passion far more painful.
2.      After being beaten by the Jewish guards it was noticed that the right eye is very swollen, and scientists have been able to determine that he was either hit in the face with a fist or perhaps with a rod
3.      Wounds related to the scourging are located all over the body, except that the soles of his feet were not scourged nor his head. 
4.      The Crown of Thorns was like a cap of thorns driven into almost the entire head of Jesus, and testing also found pollen from a plant native to Jerusalem called Gundelia tournefortii, which has thorns between one and a half and two inches long.
5.      While we often imagine Christ carried a full cross, the reality is that the upright portion of the cross would have stayed in the place of execution and the person who was sentenced to death would carry the crossbeam known as the patibulum, which “weighed between 75 and 120 pounds. Various severe abrasions were visible at the right shoulder and left shoulder blade from the carrying of the crossbeam.
6.      According to the Stations of the Cross, Jesus fell three times, and the greatest concentration of dust and dirt were on the feet, and then also on the knees, and then on the tip of the nose. Due to the way in which he was likely tied to the crossbeam, Jesus would have fallen to his knees and have no way to break his fall, so he would fall on his chest and then on his face into the dirt.
7.      The nail wounds were not through the palms of the hands, but through the wrists. The French Dr. Pierre Barbet in 1950 discovered, through experiments on cadavers, that a crucifixion through the palm of the hand could not support the weight of the human body.