
New Evidence for the Shroud of Turin (Fr. Andrew Dalton) | Ep. 382
Pints With Aquinas
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The Nail Ones in the Hands
If the shroud were authentic, surely we would see that the nail ones would be in the hands. We know and Pierre Bobay tested this in the 1930s and then publishes in the 50s. If you put a nine inch nail with a square cross section through this portion of the palm after just 10 minutes it comes right through what is just soft tissue. There's no way it could sustain the weight of a human body,. not even half the weight ofa human body. Even if the scourge marks aren't penetrating the skin, so that blood is flowing out, that's what Mel Gibson exaggerates by using the scorpion.
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