by
Damien F. Mackey
“Researchers
Dr Robert Bucklin and Professor Alan Whanger, have pointed out that there are
round coin like objects placed over the corner of the eyes of the man on the
Shroud. The coin upon the left eye is clearly visible and when the image of the
Shroud is enlarged, the image reveals that one of the coins is in fact what is
known as a Pontius Pilate Lepton”.
Simon
Peter Sutherland has written, regarding the scientifically challenging Shroud
of Turin (https://simonpetersutherland.com/2012/04/24/pontius-pilate-coin-found-on-the-shroud-of-turin/):
Whatever one might think concerning the Shroud of Turin,
few can deny that it is one of the most fascinating and controversial relics in
Christianity.
Its origin and authenticity has been a topic of debate
for centuries. We even find John Calvin debating the Shroud of Turin in the
16th century.
Today however, it is a very common to dismiss the Shroud
of Turin as a proven fake, since many say that Carbon Dating has proven the
Shroud cannot be the burial cloth of Christ? The problem is however, that the
Carbon dating is simply not consistent with what we know about the Shroud. The
carbon dating simply contradicts the overwhelming evidence found upon the
Shroud which dates the cloth to 1st century Israel.
Thus, there is a vast amount of evidence found upon the
Shroud that more than suggest that the cloth is from 1st century Jerusalem. The
evidence itself all of which has been found upon the Shroud absolutely contradicts
the carbon dating and thus puts the dating results seriously in question and
when the fact becomes known that the area from which the sample of the Shroud
was taken and used for the carbon dating process had been handled consistently
since the 16th century, then the accuracy of the carbon dating results becomes
even more seriously in question.
The problem is that there are many finds upon the Shroud
of Turin which clearly date or link the burial cloth to 1st century Israel and
Jerusalem combined.
These finds include Pollen and dirt from Jerusalem, Roman
Flagrum and Crucifixion wounds upon the body, burial consistency with Jewish
custom, fibers, blood, 1st century stitching etc which experts have all found
upon the Shroud of Turin.
While these finds and are commonly known, what is less
commonly known about the Shroud of Turin is that recent finds have shown that
the man on the Shroud has coins upon his eyes.
Researchers Dr Robert Bucklin and Professor Alan Whanger,
have pointed out that there are round coin like objects placed over the corner
of the eyes of the man on the Shroud. The coin upon the left eye is clearly
visible and when the image of the Shroud is enlarged, the image reveals that
one of the coins is in fact what is known as a Pontius Pilate Lepton.
These coins are only small and are almost 2000 years old
and the coin seen on the left eye of the man were minted in Jerusalem in AD 30
by Pontius Pilate. These coins also confirm Pilate as Prefect, and this
complies with the Biblical account that Jesus was condemned under Pontius
Pilate.
It is also worth noting that it is said that it was a
Jewish custom to place small coins over the eyes of a dead body to keep the
eyelids closed.
Thus, the Pontius Pilate coin found upon the eyes of the
man on the Shroud is an astounding find and one that cannot be ignored and not
only does the Pontius Pilate coin directly link the Shroud of Turin to 1st
century Jerusalem, but the coins reveal that the image was formed when the man
on the Shroud was lying down. Otherwise the coins could not remain upon the
dead man.
The coins found on the Shroud are consistent with the
coins produced by Pilate in AD 30.
[End of quote]
Meanwhile, Jack Lesar has written (http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/02/Coin-imprint-proves-Shroud-of-Turin-genuine/2030368251200/):
… A misspelling on a rare Pontius Pilate coin helped convince researchers
that human imprints on the Shroud of Turin, believed to be the burial cloth of
Jesus Christ, are genuine and date back to the first century.
Magnifications of the rare coin -- believed widely used
around Palestine until 70 A.D. to cover the eyes of the dead -- showed the same
misspelling found in the shroud imprint, a Loyola University theologian said
Tuesday.
The Rev. Francis L. Filas said the matching misspellings
prove the shroud originated around the same time and place Christ was crucified
during Pilate's reign.
The shroud believed to be Christ's burial cloth has been
preserved since 1578 in the cathedral of Turin, Italy.
Photogra[p]hic plates made in 1898 indicated a human body
of a crucified man was imprinted on the shroud. The shroud's authenticity,
however, has been a matter of controversy because researchers had been unable
to trace its history further than the mid-14th century.
Filas said his discovery is the strongest evidence yet
the shroud is authentic.
'Imprints of a misspelled Pontius Pilate coin now in
existence are the same as imprints of an apparent coin on the right eye of the
crucified man's figure on the Shroud of Turin,' said Filas, a professor of
theology at Loyola.
'This discovery proves the authenticity, the place of
origin, and the approximate dating of the Shroud of Turin beyond reasonable
doubt.'
Initially it had been believed the imprints on the shroud
had been painted.
'Now the coin provides concrete proof that the
misspelling did exist in the past as it exists today,' Filas said.
'What makes the discovery so definitive is the fact that
a maverick and extremely rare misspelling from the Greek words for 'Tiberius
Caesar' occurs on both the Shroud pattern and on the coin. Up to now, the 'u
cai' could only be theorized as a misspelling of a 'c' for a 'k' in 'Tiberiou
Kaisaros.'
The coin, Filas said, also provided the earliest and most
accurate dating of the shroud.
'Pontius Pilate issued coins of this type no earlier than
29 A.D. and perhaps through 32 A.D. at the latest,' Filas said.
'It completely excludes the possibility of any forgery of
the shroud imprints ... No one can reasonably deny that this coin originated in
Palestine. This confirms more than ever that the man of the shroud was a
crucified Jew.'
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