Jesus died of blood clot, Israeli researcher says

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"Jesus died of blood clot, Israeli researcher says
Expert: Crucifixion caused pulmonary embolism, not fatal blood loss

JERUSALEM - An Israeli researcher has challenged the popular belief that Jesus died of blood loss on the cross, saying he probably succumbed to a sometimes fatal disorder now associated with long-haul air travel.

Professor Benjamin Brenner wrote in The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis that Jesus’ death, traditionally believed to have occurred 3 to 6 hours after crucifixion began, was probably caused by a blood clot that reached his lungs."

Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilization, multiple trauma and dehydration, said Brenner, a researcher at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

“This fits well with Jesus’ condition and actually was in all likelihood the major cause of death by crucifixion,” he wrote in the article, based on religious and medical texts.



First of all Jesus died because He dismissed His spirit.

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. Jn 19:30.

Second it is arrogant to discharge blood loss as the cause and emphatically say it was a blood clot. They don’t have any evidence for this except that Jews from northern Israel are more likely to suffer such a blood clot. Wow that settles it for me.

What is interesting to me is that a man who died 2,000 years ago is still under intense critical investigation. He changed the world and He still changes lives because of His death on the cross!