View of Marks from Whipping
The man of the Shroud was savagely
flogged. Whatever was used, it is consistent with a Roman flagrum,
a whip of short leather thongs tipped with bits of lead, bronze or
bone which tore into flesh and muscle. There are dozens upon
dozens of dumbbell shaped welts and contusions, the type of wound
that the flagellum would have caused. There is blood from the
flagellation and even a bit of tissue thought by some medical
experts to be a torn-out bit of muscle. From the angles of attack
– the way the marks fall on the man’s back, buttocks, and legs –
it seems that man was whipped by two men, one taller than the
other, who stood on either side of him.
See:
The Shroud of Caiaphas
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