The most notable reference is the wound in Santiago's palm, “he received a deep stab wound in his right hand. The report says: “It looked like a stigmata of Christ crucified” (75). This reference primarily means that Santiago is indeed a Christ figure, and that it is intentional by Marquez, just as Christ himself obtained a hand wound to be nailed to the cross. The murder of Santiago represents the crucifixion of Christ. “Santiago Nasar turned forward again and leaned against his mother's door” (118), the door of which is made of wood, just like the cross on which Christ was crucified. “Santiago Nasar stood still for a moment, leaning against the door” (119) gives an image of how Santiago stands against the door in a position similar to that of Christ on the wooden cross. He “did not fall because they themselves kept him stabbed against the door” (119). Instead of being nailed to the door, Santiago was held back by the stabbings of the Vicario brothers, who also represent the soldiers who murdered Christ. Santiago is stabbed “in the side up to the hilt” (117) just as Christ, by one of the soldiers, is stabbed in the side with a spear. After Santiago's death, his friend Cristo Bedoya "wrapped the body in strips of linen" (74), in the same way that the body of Christ is wrapped in linens after his death.