This documentary utilizes a storyteller and new testament scholar's eye to search the world's most studied artifact to find a match with the historical Jesus. With new digital recreations, expert interviews, and new digital technology, the creators have reconstructed the actual crime scene surrounding Jesus's crucifixion to erase the lines between Faith and Science for the first time. 

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Writer-Filmmaker Robert Orlando claims that when we look through the lens of the Roman crucifixion, filled with turmoil and insurrections, to find the "criminal Jesus," we are coming face to face with the most transformative story of western history."

 

Ashamed King of The Jews, Jesus in the exposed Shroud —in the bloodstains and whippings -- we see the symbol of how one man's suffering transformed the world. But does the Shroud of Turin prove the story of Christ? The linen burial shroud covered a man who suffered crucifixion wounds, similar to Jesus of Nazareth. We know that scientific studies have shown that the image on the Shroud was not made of paint, dye, powder, or other artistic chemical and had no brush strokes. Instead, there are traces of hemoglobin, AB+ blood type, and a partial genetic profile. 

 

The Shroud of Turin's blood stains evidence points to its authenticity as a burial shroud, but the question remains, is it the Shroud of Jesus? 

 

The Shroud's unnatural image formed revealing a real face and man. Reflecting the wounds of crucifixion, but were they the wounds of Jesus? Details of HIs crucifixion were not common to Roman criminals. His crown of thorns, wounded side, nails on his wrists and feet, and presence of ferritin in the blood, which proves extreme torment, all point to the story familiar in the gospels. With the help of scholars, scientists, and experts, Author Filmmaker Orlando will reconstruct the narrative using forensic evidence to uncover if this could be the actual Jesus.

 

The church has yet to claim the Shroud's authenticity, but many popes have venerated it in its home at the Cathedral of Turin. Many skeptics continue to challenge its authenticity, but as John Paul II said, "The Shroud requires every person to grasp its profound message humbly to his reason and life." In that, the Shroud might "mirror the Gospel." Orlando agrees that "in our expanding digital age connecting the gospel story with the scientific evidence will spark a renaissance of interest in the origins of the Christian story and its profound impact on World History."