What Jesus May Have Looked Like

[longknife]

No long hair and beard!


One has to remember that our vision comes from paintings and art works done centuries after His death. Stop to think for a moment. Jesus grew up in an area with heat and humidity. Doesn't it make sense to be cooler without a beard and long hair in such a place?


The blond hair and beard has always puzzled me as he was Hebrew/Aramic. Aren't they generally dark skinned with black or deep brown hair?


Read more @ Image of Christ on 4th Century plate sheds new light on his appearance Daily Mail Online

 

[Taz]

Awright! He's got curlers in his hair!!!

... and REALLY big hands.

 

[Mr. H.]

I hear He done left Chicago and is bound for New Orleans.

 

[indiajo]

No long hair and beard!


One has to remember that our vision comes from paintings and art works done centuries after His death. Stop to think for a moment. Jesus grew up in an area with heat and humidity. Doesn't it make sense to be cooler without a beard and long hair in such a place?


The blond hair and beard has always puzzled me as he was Hebrew/Aramic. Aren't they generally dark skinned with black or deep brown hair?


Read more @ Image of Christ on 4th Century plate sheds new light on his appearance Daily Mail Online

IF he existed at all, he would most probably have looked like someone who you would not like at all to board the same airplane.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

If Jesus existed, he likely kept a beard. It's extremely unlikely an ancient Jew would have gone beardless.

 

[Hossfly]

If Jesus existed, he likely kept a beard. It's extremely unlikely an ancient Jew would have gone beardless.

In one place in the NT it tells of Jesus being searched for while he was in the Temple. Warned of this he left the Temple and merged into the crowd and was not spotted by the soldiers. At that time most of the men were beardless and had short hair like the Romans. Just sayin'.

 

[GreenBean]

If Jesus existed, he likely kept a beard. It's extremely unlikely an ancient Jew would have gone beardless.

In one place in the NT it tells of Jesus being searched for while he was in the Temple. Warned of this he left the Temple and merged into the crowd and was not spotted by the soldiers. At that time most of the men were beardless and had short hair like the Romans. Just sayin'.

The Real Face Of Jesus
As per Popular Mechanics

The Real Face Of Jesus - What Did Jesus Look Like - Popular Mechanics

 

[GreenBean]

Cesare Borgia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

White Jesus modeled on Cesare Borgia?

The theory is that people were generally not too enthusiastic about the Catholic Church’s regular massacres of Jews and Muslims, because the people they were killing looked like Jesus. Pope Alexander VI then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Jesus and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian Jesus. His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Jesus so loved by Christians today.

- See more at: The Holy Prepuce - White Jesus modeled on Cesare Borgia The theory...