areas, which were taken back to the united states for micro chemical analyses. the result was these features are, in fact, blood. >> with no explanation for how the image was made, and the apparent presence of blood on the cloth, jackson looked to the gospels to see whether there was a connection between the last day of jesus' life and the shroud. according to the gospel of john, then pilate took jesus and had him flogged. >> what i think stands out the most are the many marks that are all over the cloth. to me, this looks like blood residues of a person who was whipped or scourged. >> everything about the passion narrative speaks about the pain, the humiliation of jesus' death. it begins with the most appalling flogging.