Jeremiah J. Johnston

Johnston said a seventh-century Justinian solidus bearing Christ's face matches the shroud face at 200 points of congruence.

“This is a solidus that has 200 points of congruence, correspondence, comparability with the face of the man of the shroud”

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Johnston called on the Catholic Church and Pope Leo to put the shroud on public display.

“So I would encourage the Catholic Church and Pope Leo, who I signed a letter to, to bring it out, let people see it, let people make up their own minds”

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Johnston said the shroud only passed to the Catholic Church in 1985 and therefore should not be dismissed as a Catholic relic.

“The shroud did not come into Catholic possession until 1985”

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Johnston reported, after meeting the custodian in Turin, that the shroud's image and blood are fading.

“And I have news, I have breaking news for your show. The image is fading”

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Johnston said what finally convinced him was that the world's leading scientists cannot explain or replicate the shroud image.

“the greatest scientific minds in the world cannot explain or replicate how there is an image in the shroud”

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Johnston cited Max Frei's pollen analysis as tying the shroud to springtime Jerusalem.

“There are 58 pollens on the shroud. 38 of them are from Jerusalem. They only bloom in springtime during Passover”

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Johnston said the sequel to The Passion of the Christ, currently filming, is expected next year.

“wait. I think it's next year. Bro, can't wait. They're filming it right now”

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Johnston said Jesus died both by asphyxiation and massive heart failure according to hematological analysis.

“when Jesus dies, yes, he dies by asphyxiation, but based on the hematological reports, he also died of a massive heart failure”

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Johnston said the flogging Jesus endured amounted to about 700 lashes, of which 372 are countable on the shroud.

“That is when Jesus endures 700 lashes. 700. We have counted on the shroud 372 lashes, but we do not have the lateral sides”

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Johnston asserted that Jesus' crucifixion on 3 April AD 33 is the best-established fact of the ancient world.

“we know jesus is crucified it's the best established fact of the ancient world on april 3rd a.d 33”

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Johnston urged people fascinated by Enoch to instead learn 300 Greek words, which he said would cover eight of ten word occurrences in the Greek New Testament.

“if I got you to memorize just 300 Greek words, just 300, You yourself would be able to recognize 8 out of 10 word occurrences”

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Johnston dismissed claims of Exodus chariot wheels in the Red Sea as clickbait.

“we don't have chariot wheels in the red sea from the from the exodus if we did they would be at every museum in the world”

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Johnston claimed there are 45 sources establishing over 129 facts about Jesus within a century of the events.

“We have 45 sources for Jesus of Nazareth that prove over 129 facts about him within, and I'll use Bart Ehrman's skeptical, within 100 years of the event”

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Johnston argued that Christian faith is grounded in evidence and eyewitness proof rather than in belief without support.

“The first Christians needed proof to believe in. Faith is not faith in faith, Sean. It is faith in evidence”

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Johnston criticized COVID-era policy that designated liquor stores essential while closing churches in New York City.

“The fact that liquor stores were essential, but churches weren't in New York City during COVID”

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Johnston said Scripture teaches conscious torment rather than annihilationism, and that hell is what a person ultimately chooses.

“will be conscious torment i don't believe that the scripture teaches annihilationism although some fine christians do”

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Johnston rejected the claim that the Ethiopian church possesses the Ark of the Covenant.

“And I put zero credibility into thinking that the Ethiopian church has it”

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Johnston argued that 1 Enoch contributes nothing historically to understanding Genesis 6 and the Nephilim.

“does nothing to help us understand Genesis 6 and the Nephilim at all”

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Johnston described the facsimile he brought as likely the oldest surviving Bible, Codex Vaticanus, dated near the Council of Nicaea.

“this is, I think, could be, likely, the oldest Bible that we have. This is Codex Vaticanus”

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Johnston argued the 1988 carbon dating is worthless because the tested samples were not representative of the shroud.

“The samples they used for the carbon dating are not homogenous with the shroud itself”

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Johnston said the blood on the shroud is type AB, a rare Semitic blood type he considers evidence against medieval forgery.

“It would be type AB blood. The fewest amount of people in the world have type AB blood”

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Johnston said his time at Davos convinced him that multinational corporations, not governments, exert primary control over world affairs.

“I learned at WEF that it's really not governments that run the world. It's these multinational companies that run the world, not governments”

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