My pastor tells me that The Bible says that Jesus was ugly. Is this true? And if so, where can I find this verse?
2007-06-01 12:36:02 · 19 answers · asked by Foxglove 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Isaiah is taken as a prophesy that he would be plain looking.
"He grew up like a young plant and like a root out of the dry ground; he had no form or comeliness that we should look upon him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by all, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and as one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not." (from Isaiah 53)
2007-06-01 12:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by evolver 6 · 8⤊ 2⤋
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Does The Bible say that Jesus was ugly?
My pastor tells me that The Bible says that Jesus was ugly. Is this true? And if so, where can I find this verse?
2015-08-06 10:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If Jesus was abnormally ugly among his peers Judas would not have had to point him out with a kiss. I say the same thing about Jesus hair length, but that's a separate issue. I don't believe Jesus was abnormally ugly. The part of the Isaiah 53 verse says that people would hide their face from him (as I take it, turn their face away because he's so ghastly ugly they can't handle looking at him) refers to his total disfigurement and dehumanization in crucifixion. It remains that he may have been of a normal appearance.
Like the above reasoning if Jesus was overly beautiful all Judas would have to do is say, "They're in the garden at Gethsemane. Grab the gorgeous one and you'll have the right man. By the way, thanks for the coin." Also, an overly beautiful Jesus would violate the part of this passage plainly stating that he had no overt beauty.
Those are my two cents. As a bonus, I'll quickly mention about a long haired Jesus, and while I'm at it a black Jesus. >.< All due respect. As my points above indicate Jesus would have been more or less an indistinguishable member of the majority population of the Israel of his day. In Jesus culture as he lived it was a shame to have long hair, as it would point out that you have not completed your vow to God (referring to Num. 6:1-21). So unless more than a few of his disciples grew long hair and were black it's improbable that Jesus would have had long hair and have been black, either or both.
My main point in all of this is simply that Jesus looked like a rather normal average citizen in his culture. He was Israelite by birth and would have looked Hebrew, spoken the language of the day, and lived and breathed as a descendent of David (biologically through Mary). If he did not look like an average citizen (granted, possibly of some lesser beauty, or simply not good enough looking to be popular because of beauty) there would have been much more mention of his appearance, and I believe there would not have been the difficulty in identifying him in the garden.
2013-11-07 12:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by pjay_eh 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Isaiah 53:2
2007-06-01 12:44:23 · answer #4 · answered by Homer Jones 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not ugly, but physically unremarkable.
This is based on a verse in Isaiah chapter 53, which pretty much all Christians agree refers to Jesus, being a prophecy of the atonement.
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."
Isaiah 53:2
(see also Isaiah 52:13-15 and all of chapter 53)
2007-06-01 12:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Not exactly - he didn't overly standout - just an ordinary guy.
But when beaten before the crucifixion, he was beyond recognition - probably ugly.
2007-06-01 13:13:35 · answer #6 · answered by awayforabit 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
yeh I bet he was kind of plain really. Him being ugly would make the point that appearances are decieving, but that would also be conforming to the malice of some. Christ was most likely very plain.
2007-06-01 12:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by Silly BaBy505 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People please, when you read the Bible do it wisely... When Isaiah talks about Jesus "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
Isaiah" 53:2 Isaiah was NOT referring at Jesus personal appearance, you guys are so superficial that can't understand the basics of the Bible anymore, shame on you. Isaiah was talking about salvation and how men will not recognize Jesus because they would be expecting something different like a real KING to save them form Roman tyranny, and solve their problems and give them much desire freedom and what they wanted, riches in this earth. But Jesus gave us salvation of our soul instead, riches in heaven.... Nothing to do with what we humanly need but what our soul needs. Wake up!
2014-06-28 14:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by Rodney S 2 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Maybe jesus was not good looking.....because if he was!!! then the people would not hate him! if god would make jesus good looking, then the people would love him. because lots of people judge in the physical appearance.
2014-09-18 06:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was all banged up, like Tommy Lee Jones in MiB3.
2014-02-15 15:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋