By Mallory Mattingly
Ahead of Easter, Sadie Robertson Huff sat down with Dr. Jeremiah Johnston to discuss the Shroud of Turin, a burial cloth that is believed to be Jesus’.
“So, the Shroud of Turin is the moment of Jesus’s physical bodily resurrection. We know the exact date. It occurred on Sunday morning, April 5. By the way, this year, as we’re recording this podcast, Easter is on April 5. It happened AD 33,” Johnston said on Huff’s “WHOA, That’s Good” podcast. “And what’s amazing about the shroud is, outside of the scriptures, in one artifact, you have the death, you have the burial and you have the resurrection of Jesus. And nothing else does that but the Bible.”
“And so this shroud behind us that our audience is looking at is believed to be the very burial clothes of Jesus. Does it sound too good to be true? It did to me. I was a huge skeptic until I actually started studying all the data for myself, and now I’m a shroudy,” he quipped.
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Huff asked, “Okay, so do all the burial cloths that we’ve found from that time — if we have other ones — do they have images of other people on them?”
“They don’t. And that’s a great point, and it’s a great question that you’re asking. So many people watching are wondering the same thing: is this unusual?” Johnston responded. “We have to answer your question — we have hundreds of burial cloths from the land of Israel. Jewish burial traditions were very important. You and [Huff’s husband] Christian have been to the land of Israel. You’ve probably stood on the Mount of Olives, where there are 150,000 bone boxes — that’s ossilegium.”
“But what makes the Shroud of Turin unique is it is the only shroud that has an image of a crucified man who experienced brutal torment,” he emphasized. “And I want to make this clear: it’s not a death cloth — it’s a resurrection cloth.”
A documentary called THE FACE OF JESUS explores the Shroud of Turin, alongside two other artifacts.
Part of Movieguide®’s review reads:
THE FACE OF JESUS has a strong Christian worldview from a Catholic perspective. It depicts the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as true historical events. Also, the movie films Catholic Christians talking about their faith. They stress God’s Grace, Christ’s atonement for sinners, faith, prayer, love, gratitude, repentance, and helping the needy. THE FACE OF JESUS shows how the Shroud of Turin, the veil of Manoppello, and the Vilnius Divine Mercy painting of Jesus inspire people to worship and follow Him
Johnston discusses the Shroud of Turin and other artifacts more in depth in his book
— revealing how Jesus’s story changes your story.”
Though the Shroud of Turin continues to spark debate among scholars, Johnston argued that its uniqueness invites deeper investigation rather than dismissal. Whether viewed through the lens of faith, history or science, the discussion underscores a central claim of Christianity: that the story of Jesus’ story did not end in the tomb.
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