Stephen E. Jones

Shroud of Turin quotes: Unclassified quotes: August 2009

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The following are quotes added to my Shroud of Turin unclassified quotes in August 2009. See copyright conditions at end.

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16/08/2009
"The Shroud of Turin, a large linen cloth 14 feet 3 inches long and 3 feet 7 inches wide (4.34 m x 1.10 m), 
takes its present name from the city where it has been kept for the last 422 years-Turin, Italy. In ancient 
times, burial shrouds were wrapped lengthwise around a body as shown below. Jesus would have been 
wrapped and buried in such a linen shroud. The Shroud of Turin purports to contain evidence of some of 
the most startling events in all of history: that a man who was beaten and scourged, his head pierced 
repeatedly about the crown; a man who was crucified, pierced in the side, a man who was dead and buried-
that this man was resurrected; and, further, that he was Jesus Christ." (Antonacci, M., "The Resurrection of 
the Shroud: New Scientific, Medical, and Archeological Evidence," M. Evans & Co: New York NY, 2000, p.1)

16/08/2009
"Ian Dickinson, a researcher from Canterbury, England, was struck by the fact that the measurements of 
the Shroud-14'3" by 3'7"-seemed odd. Research indicated that the international standard unit of 
measurement at the time of Jesus was the Assyrian cubit (21.4 inches). When measured in Assyrian 
cubits, the Shroud is 8 cubits by 2 cubits, a strong indication that this standard unit was used to 
measure the linen cloth. [Dickinson, I., "Preliminary Details of New Evidence for the Authenticity of the 
Shroud: Measurement by the Cubit," Shroud News 58, April 1990, pp.4-7]" (Antonacci, M., 
"Resurrection of the Shroud: New Scientific, Medical, and Archeological Evidence," M. Evans & Co: 
New York NY, 2000, p.115)

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