JESUS Christ’s true face has been revealed in an incredibly lifelike video based on an imprint from the Turin Shroud.
The Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth Jesus Christ was wrapped in after he was crucified, believers claim.
AI has created a video of Jesus Christ by feeding it the Turin ShroudX
It shows what he may have looked like before his crucifixion around 33ADX
Christ can be seen smiling, blinking and praying in the videoX
Photos of the cloth were fed into Midjourney, an AI image generator, which then produced a lifelike image and video of Christ.
In the video, he can be seen blinking, smiling and praying as he may have done before the crucifixion around 33AD.
He also has shoulder length brown hair, a beard, brown eyes, a straight nose and high cheek bones.
Christ’s complexion appears pale, an element that has caused some controversy.
Dr Meredith Warren, senior lecturer on Biblical and religious studies at Sheffield University, told DailyMail.com Jesus “would have had brown skin, brown eyes, like the local population.”
Although he is widely represented as Caucasian, Dr Warren revealed where the best representations of the Son of God can be found.
She believes they come from Egyptian mummy portraits, which were of men who died at a similar time and location to Jesus.
After the AI video was shared to X, social media users had their say.
One person said: “Bible says he was a kind of regular looking guy, nothing special to look at.
“This representation is a bit too good looking.”
Followed by a second: “Too Caucasian looking. His lineage was of the Hebrews/Jews.”
Then a third said: “This is captain Jack Sparrow in disguise guys.”
Meanwhile a fourth commented: “Thousands of people were crucified, so there is no telling whose shroud it is.
“Plus the shroud can’t tell us the colour of the person.”
A fifth person replied: “The AI image has a warm, caring look and genuine smile.
“It may not reflect what he looked like but it captures the essence of his character.”
Last year, The Sun asked AI to reimagine what the son of God might have looked like.
AI tool Gencraft was given the prompt “face of Jesus based on the Shroud of Turin” and returned some fascinating results.
It showed Jesus as having hazel eyes and a gentle complexion.
He also had well kept beard, clean eyebrows and long brown hair going past his shoulders.
Under his tired eyes he has clear signs of weariness.
Many researchers have agreed that whoever was wrapped in the Turin Shroud was a man with sunken eyes, between 5ft 7in and 6ft tall with plenty of facial hair.
Evidence suggests the shroud was made around 2,000 years agogetty
Some claim markings on the body also resemble horror crucifixion wounds.
Along with wounds from a thorny crown on the head, injuries to the arms and shoulders and lacerations.
The Bible says Jesus was whipped by the Romans, made to wear the agonising headpiece and forced to carry his cross before he was left to die.
It comes as the evidence around the shroud suggests the cloth was made around 2,000 years ago – the same period when Jesus was said to have lived and died.
Most estimates say Jesus was crucified in AD 33, based on the Julian calendar, Bible passages and gospels from the time – 1,991 years ago.
Italian researchers used specialist x-ray technology to examine the linen sheet and determine its age.
The Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council studied eight small samples of fabric to uncover tiny details of the linen’s structure and cellulose patterns.
They used specific ageing metrics like temperature and humidity to determine the results.
The Turin Shroud was first displayed publicly in 1350 and since 1578 has been preserved in the royal chapel of the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy – hence its name.
But it has been at the centre of religious debates for centuries with many describing the idea it was used by Jesus as a hoax.
Researchers in 1988 even claimed to have debunked the relic and proved it was from the Middle Ages – hundreds of years after Jesus.
Dr Liberato De Caro, lead author of the study, said the old research – which used carbon dating to estimate the shroud was made between the years 1260 and 1390 – was unreliable.
An atheist filmmaker who once set out to prove the Shroud of Turin was a hoax is now convinced it’s real.
David Rolfe used to be a sceptic when he began filming a documentary on the mysterious cloth, but ended up converting to Christianity during the project.
What is the Shroud of Turin?
THE Shroud of Turin is a mysterious piece of linen cloth which has left researchers debating its origins for centuries.
Many have suggested the cloth was used to wrap around Jesus before his burial following the crucifixion.
Others have said it was produced far too late to be used by Jesus.
The burial cloth has captivated the minds of historians, church chiefs and religious sceptics since it was first shown publicly in the 1350s.
Esteemed French knight Geoffroi de Charny gave it to the dean of a church in Lirey, France.
It was later dubbed the Holy Shroud when the suggestions that it was used for Jesus came about.
Many of these theories relate to how it features brown marks across it resembling a person’s face and body.
Scientists have said the feint markings could possibly belong to the son of God.
It is 14ft 5in long and 3ft 7in in width and actually features some burn marks.
The shroud was damaged in a fire in 1532 in the chapel in Chambéry, France and was later repaired by nuns.
Scientists have long been studying the Shroud of Turin with hopes of solving the long-standing mystery.
More than 170 peer-reviewed academic papers have been published about the linen since the 1980s.
Despite a variation of findings many do believe it was used to bury Jesus.