It was the state of the burial wrappings that caused St. John and St. Peter to believe in the Resurrection, as it is recorded in the Gospel of St. John. The lack of real decomposition reveals that Jesus' body was not in contact with the Holy Shroud for a prolonged period of time, meaning that His body was separated from the linen after a comparatively short internment. The intact bloodstains indicate that the body was probably not removed by hands, otherwise the edges of the bloodstains would have been disturbed. The impression of the Holy Shroud has all the characteristics of a scorch produced by heat or intense light, which may have been discharged by the body of Christ at the moment of the Resurrection. All these points do not prove the Resurrection, however the correspondence to the Gospels is amazing. As Dr. Robert Buckling asserts: "the medical data from the Holy Shroud supports the Resurrection. When this medical information is combined with the physical, chemical and historical facts, there is strong evidence for Jesus' literal Resurrection."

We know from the Gospels that Jesus rose from the dead. For about 40 days Jesus appeared to the Apostles and the people. If we analyze the apparitions of Jesus we learn some of the qualities of the Risen Body of Christ. Jesus came back to life with a spiritual Body; in such a way that He was able to disappear from the Shroud without unwrapping it. So also He was able to enter the room where the Apostles were gathered even though the doors were closed. He was the same person as before and kept the appointments made before the crucifixion, as the meeting in Galilee with all the Apostles. At the first apparition Jesus requested some food to eat, and invited the Apostles to touch Him and see that He was the same real person as before. Jesus called Mary Magdalene by her personal name and with the same voice inflection of endearment as He used to, so much so that Mary was able to identify Him. The Apostles were fishing and saw a man near a charcoal fire, St. John was able to identify Him at a distance as their Master.

After the Resurrection Jesus called the Apostles "my brothers." The Apostles were always full of joy whenever they saw our Lord. Jesus after the Resurrection kept, not all, but some of the wounds of the crucifixion, as the hole of the nails on His hands (wrist) and feet. These wounds were not signs of pain and horror, as all wounds are, but signs of beauty and glory. When St. Thomas was invited by Our Lord to put his finger in those holes, St. Thomas was overwhelmed by the beauty and glory of Christ, so much so that he went down on his knees and said: "My Lord, and My God." That was the first time that Jesus was called "God" in the Gospels.

We also after reading the story of the Passion and Death and Resurrection of Jesus should go down on our knees and say: "We adore you, O Christ, and praise you, because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world."