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No need to be snide, Clyde. My vocabulary is probably as good or better than yours.

There are no Scriptures that I am aware of that give a physical description of Jesus. The closest that you can get is in Isaiah, where He is prophetically described after being scourged:

Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.

Jesus is also described in prophecy as not being much to look at:

Isaiah 53:2 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.

Other than those two references, I don't know of any other descriptions of Christ.

Edit:

I'd forgotten about the description of the risen Jesus in Revelation. . .thanks for reminding me, Jim!

Depending on how you interpret Revelation, this may be a symbolic description, rather than literal.

Rev 1:13-15 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

2007-02-05 09:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0 0

Prophecy of what the Messiah would look for:
Isaiah 53:2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

After him getting flogged and beaten:
Isaiah 52:14 But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.

Revelation obviously has a different bent on what the glorified Jesus looks like.

2007-02-05 09:01:22 · answer #2 · answered by Seamless Melody 3 · 0 0

There is nothing in the NT that talks about how Jesus looks.

There are OT prophecies that say there was nothing about his appearance that would draw people to him.
That only shows that it must have been what He said, and not what he looked like that mattered.

BTW: What is the significance of His appearance?
Why would it matter?

Oh! There is no Revelation 1:21, there are only 20 verses in chapter 1.

grace2u

2007-02-05 08:55:58 · answer #3 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0 0

There is no physical description given of Jesus in the New Testament. There is a scripture in Isaiah chapter 53 that says "he had no beauty that we should desire him". But that appears to be describing him following his beating, flogging, and as he hung on the cross.

2007-02-05 08:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0 0

There is an account supposedly written by Pilate but not much on His flesh appearance in Scripture. We know he was a descendant of Judah and Levi through Mary. So He probably would look very Jewish.

2007-02-05 08:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by David P 3 · 0 0

Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.
and He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. and He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS.

These Scriptures describe the True Messiah returning in victorious conquest. the Word of God presents Christ as the revelation of God Himself. The Jesus that walked the earth and died on the Cross of Calvary is not the same Jesus returning as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus came the first time as a Lamb to the slaughter to take away the sins of the world. Jesus comes the next time in His full Glory to put an end to Satan and those destroying the earth.

2007-02-05 09:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0 0

I don't remember that talked about how he looked when he lived on earth as a man. I think he looked like an average-looking Mediterranean man of that day and time. When he returns, there are all kinds of descriptions in the book of Revelation.

2007-02-05 08:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by snapoutofit 4 · 0 0

If you are looking in the Gospels for a physical description of Jesus, you won't find one. The stereotypical "Jesus look" comes from the imaginations (and cultural biases) of Renaissance painters and 20th century movie-makers.

2007-02-05 08:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0 0

There were quite a few scripture references in answer to your question the first time you asked it. Now you just look silly asking a second time.

2007-02-05 08:58:36 · answer #9 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 0 0

There is nothing the Bible that says what Jesus looks like cos it's irrelevant. The Bible shows us only the important stuff that will lead us to God, knowing what Jesus looked like won't save us.

2007-02-05 08:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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