WHAT WAS JESUS MEDICAL CAUSE OF DEATH

The Journal of the American Medical Association leaves little room for doubt: it was a case of police brutality.

Prior to this, the prestigious publication had largely steered clear of forensic pathology, leaving the gritty details of murder cases to the real-life Quincy’s of the world. But now, in an unprecedented article, the AMA Journal sought to resolve a centuries-old criminal controversy.

The article, written for the March 21, 1986, issue by Dr. William Edwards of the Mayo Clinic, presents a definitive conclusion. Dr. Edwards, an autopsy pathologist who specializes in determining causes of death, based his findings on a meticulous examination of the evidence. In one famous case, he determined the victim was killed by a beating at the hands of law enforcement officials. It was, unequivocally, police brutality.

The cause was hypovolemic shock—shock primarily due to massive loss of blood, compounded by exhaustion and asphyxia.

This revelation invites a fascinating thought. If we could put a modern forensic expert like Quincy in a time machine, what historical crimes could we solve? The guilt or innocence of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of hacking her parents to death with an ax, has fueled conjecture for almost a century. Surely, a skilled coroner with today's technology could have easily ascertained the truth. Jack the Ripper vanished without a trace, leaving London littered with the slashed bodies of local women. Yet, considering all that forensic scientists have learned, wouldn't some microscopic clues have hanged the real murderer?

The case Dr. Edwards investigated, which he detailed in the AMA Journal, is further complicated by widespread popular misconception. Although the victim was brutally beaten by military police under orders of a high government official, he was subsequently formally and publicly executed. It is that sensational torture and execution which is most often recalled.

And yet, the victim's death was not caused by the execution itself. His death was brought about by exhaustion, asphyxia, and hypovolemic shock from the merciless 9 A.M. beating which preceded it.

From one perspective, this seems like a small point. Yet it has enormous significance. It means the victim did not, as some have suggested, merely lose consciousness only to be revived later. It means he could not possibly have survived—certainly not as medical science defines survival.

This conclusion comes from one of our nation's leading autopsy pathologists, who used a multitude of sources for corroboration: the writings of ancient Christian and non-Christian authors, the literature of modern authorities, and scientific data gathered from the Shroud of Turin.

Dr. William Edwards states there is now no doubt. This much-respected medical expert, once agnostic on the matter, now insists beyond question that police brutality was the specific cause of the premature death of the man called Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if he appeared thereafter, as so many witnesses affirm, it was supernaturally so. For Jesus was absolutely, medically, undeniably, and verifiably dead when they took him down from the cross.

Now you know the rest of the story.