2006-11-18 03:22:42 · 27 answers · asked by Ouzian 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, Jesus was a man and although he was perfect, he had all the features of other people . Even children were drawn to him, so he didn't stand out as different than anyone else. His ability to teach and help others showed his love and concern for all around him. He truly was the greatest man who ever lived.
2006-11-18 03:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He not only looked like a human, he was a human. No one ever described him, so we have no idea of his size, the shape of his nose or chin, nothing at all.
All the paintings of him are out of the imagination of painters who lived hundreds of years after the time of Jesus.
Of course, that goes for all the other religious figures. Down in Florida people were praying before a window that they said was the image of the virgin Mary. It was a vague image of a figure with a drape over the head. There was no sign of a face. Even if there was a face, how can anyone say it was the face of Mary ? It could have been the image of one of Saddam's wives.
If Jesus and his mother were able to dress in modern clothes and walk the streets of our largest cities, nobody would have any idea of who they are.
2006-11-18 03:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you allow the Gospel accounts as reliable sources (and Josephus as secondary substantiation), the answer would be yes. In none of the Biblical passages is there mention of his appearance being anything other that human (unless you count his post-Resurrection appearances where he clearly possessed non-human properties that allowed him to obscure his identity and walk around with puncture wounds that did not bleed).
Whether or not you believe in the claims of the Bible regarding the divine nature of Yeshua of Nazareth, if he looked like a 7-foot green Martian or a translucent glowing spirit, he would have been dismissed by the religious leaders of the day for his looks, not his ideas.
2006-11-18 03:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Dave M 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course He did. The BIBLE talks about a beard, hands feet, knees etc. He was in the garden and Judas betrayed him with a kiss so the soldiers would know who He was. Yes definately he looked like a human
2006-11-18 03:27:20 · answer #4 · answered by suzie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
http://www.rejesus.co.uk/expressions/faces_jesus/gallery/bbc.html shows how he might have looked.
Quoting from that site: "The television production team which produced this image worked with a 1st-century male skull found in Israel. "Jewish heads are very different today to 2000 years ago, so the team looked for a Jewish skull from the period of Jesus," they said. Using a plaster cast of the skull, forensic medical artist Richard Neave from the University of Manchester began to reconstruct the face by building up layers of clay to represent muscle, fat and skin. Details such as the hair were decided by considering the hair of men in the Middle East, which tends to be thick, dark and curly, together with hairstyles current in the time of Jesus. The final image of Christ's head was produced as a 3D computer model."
Another article on the subject with more pix:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html?page=1&c=y
2006-11-18 03:27:48 · answer #5 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
Because of this I have always believed Jesus was Plain or worse Ugly. At least as the world holds to beauty. People need to come to him because of the truth in his message nothing more.
2006-11-18 03:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist and I can tell you that Jesus looked totally human. The Roman soldiers had to have him pointed out to them because they couldn't tell him from his followers.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm
2006-11-18 03:30:23 · answer #7 · answered by Scott M 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus looked like your average Jew of that time period.
Judas needed to point Him out in a small crowd.
2006-11-18 04:56:18 · answer #8 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, there was nothing outstanding about the way he looked but the love he had for humans had to have been evident in his eyes and the way he spoke to them because many responded to the words God had taught him to speak.
2006-11-18 03:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He did look human. But was not attractive.
After being beaten, you couldn't recognize him.
After is rose again, he was glorified but still in human form.
In heaven, he sits at the right hand of God.
2006-11-18 03:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by CapLee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋