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The Medical Evidence Case for Christ

The Medical Evidence Case for Christ. http://ahouseupontherock.com/. http://catholicmom.com/author/efranco/page/2 /. Crucial medicine evidence: a child dies of a child abuse or accidental fall Why medical evidence of Jesus’ death? Koran

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The Medical Evidence Case for Christ

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  1. The Medical EvidenceCase for Christ http://ahouseupontherock.com/ http://catholicmom.com/author/efranco/page/2/

  2. Crucial medicine evidence: a child dies of a child abuse or accidental fall • Why medical evidence of Jesus’ death? • Koran • Swoon theory meaning Jesus was taken from the cross not really dead • Torture Before the Cross • Garden of Gethsemane • Jesus sweated blood? • Luke 22:44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  3. Hematidrosis: relating to high degree of psychological stress • Severe anxiety causes release of chemicals breaking down the capillaries in the sweat glands. As a result a small amount of bleeding into those sweat glands occurred • Flogging (Flagrum) • 39 lashes (Deut 25:19) • A whip of braided thongs with metal balls causing deep bruises or contusions • It had pieces of sharp bones cutting flesh severely • Matthew 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  4. The spine was exposed • From shoulders to the back, buttocks, and hack of the legs • Eusebius: “The sufferer’s veins were laid bare, and the very muscles, sinews, and bowels were open to exposure.” Many people died before they could be crucified http://www.firstbaptistchurchoc.org/Sermons_01/arose.htm

  5. Hypovolemic shock: a person who suffers the effects of losing a large amount of blood • 1) The heart races trying to pump when it is not there • 2) Blood pressure drops causing fainting or collapse • 3) The kidney stops producing urine to maintain what is left • 4) The person becomes very thirsty as the body craves fluids to replace the volume of the lost blood • “I thirst” • John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. (Psalm 69:21) • The trip to Golgotha: Jesus staggered and collapsed before he got help from Simon

  6. The Agony of the Cross • Lethal injection and electric chair: quick & predictable • Crucifixion: slow & crude • Nails: 5-7 inches http://m.christianpost.com/ http://manaloto.weebly.com/the-passion-of-jesus.html

  7. Through the wrists, inch or so below the wrist; lock the hands • If on the palms, His weight will cause the skin to tear & will fall off the cross • Nails hit median nerve, the largest nerve, resulted in burning pain & be crushed like funny bone • Imagine taking a pair of pliers and squeezing & crushing that nerve • Unbearable pain: excruciating pain; meaning “out of the cross”

  8. Nail to the feet

  9. Jesus’ arms had been stretched about 6 inches length & both shoulders were disclocated • Ps.22: 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. • Cause of Death • Crucifixion, an agonizing slow death by asphyxiation • To exhale He must push up on His feet to allow the tension on the muscles to be eased • During exhaling He scraped His bloodied back against the coarse wooden cross • Complete exhaustion

  10. Respiratory acidosis: the carbon dioxide in the blood is dissolved in the blood leading to irregular heartbeat • “Lord, into thy hands I commit my spirit” Luke 23:46 • Hypovolemic shock > rapid heart rate > heart failure > resulting in the collection of fluid in the membrane around the heart called pericardial effusion and lung called pleural effusion. • Spear in the right side confirmed this causing clear liquid & large amount of blood to spill • John 19: 34 “blood & water” in order; prominence, not sequence meaning more blood than water being spilled

  11. Breaking legs of the two criminals • John 19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. • Purpose: speeding up the death since Sabbath starts at sundown & Passover coming • Reason: the legs couldn’t push up to exhale comfortably. Therefore, death by asphyxiation resulted in minutes • Jesus’ legs were not broken • Psalm 34:20 he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. (NIV) • Exodus 12:46 It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. (NIV)

  12. Soldiers were military experts: they must be sure of the death or if the prisoner escaped, they will die for failing to ensure of the death • Why all the suffering Jesus endured • It summed up in one word, love John 19:30 http://blog.godreports.com/2012/04/our-lords-final-heartcry-from-the-cross-it-is-finished/

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