where in the bible does it say what jesus looks like?

Answer 1

Jesus described in Isaiah 53:2?
He [Christ] had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

Jesus described in Revelation 1:12-16?
And when I turned I saw someone "like a son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of rushing water. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

Answer 2

the bible explain a lot of things and every time you read the bible you will understand thing different your Q. about how Jesus look like? well the only thing you need to understand here and to come very close to an answer is the fact
the geographic area first ,Jesus was born as a Jew in the middle east so he will be looking like a middle eastern man
tall dark to light complex dark hair black or brown brown or black eye,s Strong built the fact at that time people walk for Long distance and dress in robe and wear a sandal,s

Answer 3

I think everyone need to study the bible. Don't just read the bible study it. Jesus was a black jew Revelation 1;12.13.14.15 and Dabiel 7;9 describe jesus wooly hair means Nappy Hair. Brass feet as burn in an furnance means he was a dark dark or a black man walking the earth. The bible was written in africa. Everyone of you that post here need to stop being so brainwash and learn the truth about the bible. I bet neither one of you don't know Rebekah is the mother of jacob a black baby and his twin brother esau a white baby. Rebekeh was an Ethiopian was carrying two nation in her womb. Esua started the Edomite race mean the white race. That's why i'm saying you need to learn the bible before you post stuff.

Answer 4

You have several insightful responses already regarding Jesus' semitic heritage, and prophecies from Isaiah. I can add only a couple of thoughts regarding Jesus' appearance while he walked the earth in human form prior to His crucifixion.

Firstly, he is repeatedly regarded as male, so we might generally assume that he had features consistent with Jewish maleness such as facial hair, (bearded or not), "Adam's apple," prominent brow ridges, etc.

Secondly, we have no record of Paul ever meeting Jesus prior to His crucifixion, but Paul had talked with the apostles on a few occasions prior to writing to the Corinthians. It seems likely that Paul would have been given some description of Jesus' appearance, though this is not recorded either.

Paul writes:

1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

Perhaps this was a cultural issue. I am not saying that it is necessarily a sin for a man to have long hair in any given society. But would Paul have written this if he had been told that Jesus had long hair? I rather doubt it. Therefore, it doesn't require a great leap of logic to presume that Jesus did not have long hair by Paul's standards. Common artistic representations are no basis from which to consider how our Savior appeared to humans during His Incarnation.

Answer 5

The Bible does not say what Jesus looked like but we can guess what he looked like because of the region that he lived in!
Jesus was born into a Jewish home. Therefore Jesus would look more middle eastern than the pictures that we have that portray him looking like a white anglo saxon!

Answer 6

It's doesn't. However, if you are curious, there is a book called "The Archko Volume" that is the historical record of the letters of Pilate. He describes Jesus in them. Very interesting. This is his earthy, human appearance. Revelation describes him in His Glorified state.

We can tell by the Bible, though, that this issue is not important because there is not a record of it. Usually, if something in the Bible is important, God will repeat it at least two times, sometimes three times in His Word.

Answer 7

Revelation 1:12-18

John sees someone "like the Son of Man." Jesus then assures John, in the following verses, that He is indeed that One.

Answer 8

Isaiah 53:2 has the only thing remotely relating Jesus' appearance:

"For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."

As to how He looked after the crucifixion, Isaiah 52:14 describes the brutality of His torture:

"As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:"

Answer 9

People need not concern themselves over what Jesus looked like. They need to concern themselves more importantly over his words, and what he commanded us to do. He said "I am the WAY the TRUTH, and the LIFE, no man cometh unto the father, but by ME. Following Jesus Commandments is FAR more important than what his physical appearance looks like. However, the last I checked Revelation says that His head and his hairs were WHITE LIKE wool, as white as snow. It doesn t say that his hair was nappy like wool. His feet were like fine brass. Fine brass has a luster a shade darker than gold color. One day if you ve truly excepted Jesus into your lives, we will see Jesus in his true glory, and I cannot wait!

Answer 10

The popular pictures of Jesus are artists' conceptions, I've seen "black" Jesus' in black churches, and blue eyed Jesus' (a blue eyed Jew!) in German churches. I've seen pictures of Him laughing, carrying sheep, crying, praying, you name it (almost).
One of the other responces said that you could find a description of him after the crucifixion in the Old Testament. You can find that prophecy in Isaiah 53.