A New Testament scholar’s book on the testimony of Jesus hits the Amazon and NYT lists

A new book proving the history of Jesus has hit the top of the bestseller charts as a leading New Testament scholar argues that stunning archaeological discoveries confirm the authenticity of the Bible and the resurrection.

In “The Jesus Discoveries: 10 History Discoveries That Bring Us Face to Face with Jesus,” author Dr. Jeremiah Johnston points to 10 key archaeological finds, including the controversial Pilgrimage to Turin and the Dead Sea Scrolls, as historical artifacts that support the biblical narrative.

The book reached No. 2 on the Amazon Charts bestseller list for fiction last week, and reached No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list this week. Johnston has shared his research on several popular podcasts recently, including the “Shawn Ryan Show,” which has reached more than 1 million views.

Johnston said he has spent the past four years traveling the world to connect with scientists and archaeologists who have studied the artifacts. He says that the findings provide conclusive evidence for the New Testament, regardless of a person’s religious background.

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“It turns out that we can learn 65 facts about the birth, life, ministry, miracles and, of course, the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus … before we open the Bible. And no other religious person on planet Earth has ever had this so well documented,” he told Fox News Digital.

Another find is the Shroud of Turin, a burial cloth that some believe was wrapped around Jesus Christ, while others believe it is a 13th century forgery. The cloth is unique when compared to other burial cloths of the first century because it shows the image of a victim, crucified.

“The interesting thing about the Turin cloth is that it has an image of a brutal, tortured, crucified man on the front and back that if you see it in a negative image, then you see it in a positive image and it takes your breath away,” said Johnston.

He said the details on the man’s clothes showing the man’s injuries are consistent with the Bible’s account of how Jesus was killed.

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The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud is a length of linen cloth with the image of a man who appears to have been physically tortured in a manner consistent with crucifixion. There is no consensus yet about how the image was created. (Universal/UIG Archives via Getty Images)

“The red blood cells are broken down into bilirubin because he’s been tortured. He’s got high ferritin and creatinine levels. Then you see there’s a wound on the left side, piercing the fifth and sixth ribs,” said Johnston. He noted that the cloth shows piercings in the man’s wrists and ankles, not in the palms of his hands and feet, as art from centuries later often depicts crucifixion.

He also says that pollen samples taken from this cloth were found in the Jerusalem area. He says that no one has been able to replicate “the mysterious properties of the fabric, including its anatomical precision, lack of pigment and three-dimensionality.”

“The image is 0.2 microns thin. Do you realize that’s one-fifth the thickness of our hair?” Johnston said. “So that’s the picture in the soup.”

Johnston spoke with Italian physicist Paolo di Lazzaro, a senior researcher at the ENEA Research Center in Rome, who spent five years trying to recreate the image.

Lazzaro’s experiments found that it would take “a burst of 34,000 billion watts of radiant energy delivered in one-40th of a billionth of a second to create an image,” according to Johnston.

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People during the opening of the Virtual “Holy Shroud” of the Shroudat Piazza Castello Festival on April 28, 2025, in Turin, Italy. (Photos by Stefano Guidi/Getty)

Johnston believes the findings suggest a supernatural event.

“That’s why I say the Shroud of Turin is not a shroud of death; it’s a shroud of resurrection. That’s the time when Jesus’ physical body came back to life,” he said.

The garment has only been made once, in 1988, returning a date of 1260-1390 AD. Johnston said the latest peer-reviewed study “discredited” dating, saying it was a dirty sample that was wasted. He said new technology using Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS) “confirmed the first century date.”

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He points to other evidence that suggests the cloth is older than the radiocarbon date, such as a similar image of Jesus in front of a seventh-century solidus from the Emperor Justinian II.

The fabric is a discovery that Johnston discusses in the book. He also details an artifact called the “Jesus Cup,” dated to 50 AD. The cup is inscribed in Greek with a phrase that describes Jesus as a moon or witch, which Johnston says shows Jesus’ reputation as a healer was well known throughout the Roman Empire.

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Jeremiah Johnston, pastor, New Testament scholar and president of the Christian Thinkers Society, spoke to Fox News Digital about his new book, which was released in March, about ten historical facts found to support the Bible’s account of Jesus Christ. (Baker Publishing Group)

Other artefacts in the book include the Casket of James, the Magdalen Papyrus, and finds that confirm the existence of Pontius Pilate.

Johnston said he wants to help Christians and non-believers see the historical evidence of Christianity.

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He said: “Not a single part of the New Testament would have been written” if the apostles of Jesus did not have a belief based on the evidence that they saw him alive after his death.

“We have to question anything we dedicate our lives to,” he said. “The good thing is, the deeper you go with your questions in Christianity, the stronger our faith becomes.”