"1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" Now think of jesus' chosen hair style.
2006-08-15 10:29:54 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure no one knows what he looked like but in all the pictures he has long hair something god disaproves of.
2006-08-15 10:35:13 · update #1
people assume he had long hair just like they assume they know who he is by reading some outdated manual. would be apparent, logically speaking, that he did since all the dated pictures and paintings of him display him as having long hair. someone, of some importance, obviously thought he had long hair otherwise why then would he be pictured with it? unless of course.....they guessed at what he looked like and assumed everyone else who go along with it. but then that would also mean that they DIDN'T know who he was or what he looked like and were simply, playing it by ear. fact of the matter is, that is what he is supposed to have looked like. he was, in fact, a dirty hippie
2006-08-15 10:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Shroud of Turin is to be the likeness the European Artist used to get the current portraits of Jesus. They took away from his image the wrong one and made a likeness they approved of their own. They did not go to the region and area that Jesus was born in. I watched the History Channel and they got it right to the idea of the land weather and ideas of the bone structure of a man 30's of the area of Jesus culture. If You Think Hair is a Problem in length they did not know it is not a photo of Jesus and we will have to wait until the Rapture to know for sure. We have more problems as Christians with the war and the soon comming of Jesus than hair right now. Get to the part where it mentioned hair like wool. Eyes like fire. Wow.Rev. 1-14 Jesus is such a good person and when you read of him in the Bible you want to see him as your nationality and race and skin color. Its OK
2006-08-15 10:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok... I don't really know what to tell you about the hair style, etc., nor do I really care what it was, nor should this be something very important. But, yes many of them paintings were just artists interpretations, however everyone had some influences from somewhere. One of those sources was definitely the so called Shroud of Turin, which is a Christian relic, therefore for those who believe in the genuine origin of this shroud that would mean they have proof of God's face, hair and yes the debatable beard. This image could have also suggested to painters as early as the 14th century that this is how Jesus looks. Of course this is just speculation as nobody is sure how many were exposed to the shroud and why did anyone choose to represent Jesus as they did.
2006-08-15 10:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by DmanLT21 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
#1 no one knows what Jesus looked like or His hair style.
#2 Hair style for a man is what society at the time thinks is correct for a God fearing man.
2006-08-15 10:37:53 · answer #4 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He would have blended in with the locals appearance-wise. Since it was customary back then (particularly with the Romans in command) to have short hair, Jesus theoretically would have had short hair as well.
National Geographic or Discovery or a similar website had a modern artist's interpretation of what he would have looked like with a Middle Eastern man's skin tone/hair color, etc, which was nothing even close to the depiction in paintings that everyone is accustomed to.
2006-08-15 10:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Nitpicking Atheist or Agnostic:
Jesus was a Nazarene; one who had taken a vow to accomplish a mission of faith. From old testament days a Nazarene did not cut his hair until he accomplished a holy mission. Look it up. That Jesus was later to take on all the sin and shame of the world, his hairstyle was most appropriate, don't you think?
Wiggle you foot a little from left to right and perhaps it might dislodge from your mouth a little easier!
Until you find the next thing to nitpick about in the bible only reinforcing your lack of faith and doing nothing to shake the faith of the believers,
Chris
2006-08-15 10:44:03 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a letter from Paul to the church at Corinth. He is addressing some issues that their congregation was having at that time. It seems that their women were not wearing head veils as was the custom to show subjection to their husbands. He uses hair length based on the popular custom of the day as an illustration to show that women were meant to have head coverings during worship and men weren't. Also, we do not actually know beyond the shadow of a doubt how Jesus wore his hair, only what the custom of His day and location were.
2006-08-15 10:42:44 · answer #7 · answered by Cybeq 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Then I think it is shameful that Christians portray Jesus with long hair! But then, they show him as white, too. Go figure. Who wants to worship a dark skinned man from the middle east with short, frizzy hair?
To a certain answerer:
Corinthians is not the OT! Besides, even if it were, it would still apply to Jesus as he hadn't died to erase all those laws yet.
2006-08-15 10:43:11 · answer #8 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most men from Jesus' part of the country had shoulder-length hair. Paul was speaking from the the northern Mediterranean area, where men's hair styles were shorter.
Besides, we really don't know what Jesus looked like anyway.
2006-08-15 10:37:59 · answer #9 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then it means that Jesus has the hair of shame!
No one starting making pictures of Jesus until at least a hundred years after his death. The people that started making the pictures never saw him alive. Also, the first pictures showed Jesus without a beard!
2006-08-15 10:33:56 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋