An AI company has released a life-like image of what Jesus may have looked like based on a computer analysis of the Shroud of Turin. This mysterious linen cloth has divided Christians worldwide over its authenticity.
The AI image by the company Midjourney shows a man with long hair, a beard, and a mustache staring straight ahead. The image looks similar to modern-day portrayals of Jesus in movies and television programs and, of course, similar to the faint image in the Shroud.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the AI image also shows the “top portion of his body … and he is wearing what appears to be a simple tunic.” The history of the Shroud of Turin, The Post said, “is complicated and full of mystery and controversy.”
That’s putting it mildly.
According to Artificial Intelligence, this is what Jesus looked like if the Shroud of Turin is authentic. pic.twitter.com/CQaxwfv3Qn
— Lee Strobel (@LeeStrobel) September 27, 2023
The Shroud, 14 feet long, depicts an image of a crucified man and first surfaced in historical records in Lirey, France, during the 1350s, when a French knight by the name of Geoffroi de Charny purportedly offered it to the dean of the local church in Lirey, claiming
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