what did the apostle Paul look like ?

Question

im told i favour him

Answer 1

I think u look more like PAUL Macartney from the Beatles

Answer 2

Along with your first answerer, I concur that no one has any specific physical description of him. He characterized himself as unimpressive in person. He was highly educated in Jewish theology and law. He was also a Roman citizen by birth. We know about his personality that he must have been an intense individual, because of the degree to which he originally joined in the persecution of the new sect of the followers of Christ. We also know about him that he has some sort of physical defect which was a continuous problem to him. All sorts of hypotheses have been brought out about what form this physical defect took. But we really know no more than what he said about it himself, that is was a thorn in his flesh.
Perhaps it was his eyes, as he had been blinded at the time of his conversion to Christ. His letters were written by a scribe and he signed them only with his own hand--once he said, see in what large letters I write. That's about the extent of any clues as to what the affliction might have been, but it's strictly speculation.

From what he said about those who opposed him, he did not have charismatic looks or even a charismatic personality that would have inclined people to follow him.

And that's about all I know to say on the matter.

Maybe someone else has some other little tidbit.

The best way to get to know him is to read his writings.
They are translated, of course, unless you read the koine
Greek of Paul's time, but still, you can get a feel for the kind of person he was through his writings.

Maybe that's what the person meant about you resembling him.

Maggie

Answer 3

No one really knows, since there is not a description of him anywhere. He was a high-status and well-educated Jew and is often shown as having short hair and a relatively short beard, as was the custom of the time for Jews, but the bottom line is that no one really knows.

Answer 4

He was slightly built.
The evidence is that when the townspeople took him and his companion for gods, they thought the other one was Jupiter and Paul was Mercury.