Are there any physical desciptions of Jesus?

Question

Did he write anything? If so where can I read them?

Answer 1

The Bible never gives any physical description of Christ. The closest thing we get to a description is in Isaiah 53:2b, “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.” All this tells us is that Jesus’ appearance was just like any other man's – He was ordinary-looking. Isaiah was here prophesying that the coming suffering Servant would arise in lowly conditions and wear none of the usual emblems of royalty, making His true identity visible only to the discerning eye of faith.

Isaiah further describes the appearance of Christ as He would appear as He was being scourged prior to His crucifixion. “His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness” (Isaiah 52:14). These words describe the inhuman cruelty He suffered to the point that He no longer looked like a human being (Matthew 26:67; 27:30; John 19:3). His appearance was so awful that people looked at Him in astonishment.

Most of the images we have of Jesus today are probably not accurate. Jesus was a Jew, so He likely had dark skin, dark eyes, and dark hair. This is a far cry from the blond-haired, blue-eyed, fair-skinned Jesus in many modern pictures. One thing is clear: if it were important for us to know what He really did look like, Matthew, Peter and John, who spent three years with Him, would certainly be able to give us an accurate description, as would His own brothers, James and Jude. Yet, these New Testament writers offer no details about His physical attributes.

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Answer 2

14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

These words were taken from The Bible Revelations chapter 1:14-15. Most people don't like the truth of Jesus but he does not according to this scripture look like the pictures of a blond hair blue eye European man. Also Jesus never wrote anything nor did he commanded anyone to record his life. All of the Gospels were written many years after his disappearance. I'm not a racist nor do I belong to any crazy cult. But truth is truth.

Answer 3

If you believe that the shroud of turin was the actual cloth that covered Jesus's body then that is the image of Jesus. Look it up on Google. Type in, Shroud of Turin" If you don't believe that then, there is no other evidence. Jesus lived such a tragically short life that no one took the time to paint him or create a bust. All the images you see of him are idealistic efforts of men.

Answer 4

No physical description that I know of. Isaiah the prophet suggested that the messiah would be plain looking (or possibly ugly). One early church tradition says that Jesus was a hunchback, but we are not sure that this story is true.

The only example of Jesus writing anything is in chapter 8 of the Gospel of John, where Jesus wrote on the sand. As far as we know, he left no permanent writings that survive to this day.

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"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
~Isaiah 53:2a (NIV)

Answer 5

Relics which includes of the pass, and so on. have been enormous company interior the middle a while. various Catholic church homes have relics that should no longer be authentic. I as quickly as talked to a girl who had heard the Shroud of Turin have been "shown" to no longer be from the 1st century advert (i'm uncertain approximately that data). and he or she stated that "proves" the Resurrection did no longer ensue as a results of fact the Shroud of Turin replaced into "data". Her daughter replaced right into a convert to the Catholic Church and have been advised that replaced into the data. I stated maximum folk by no ability heard of the Shroud till suitable to the '70's and by no ability had the Catholic or different Church used it as data of the Resurrection. that's faith, and faith is a few thing that cannot be defined in medical words. If there have been products which have been shown to have belonged to Jesus, and so on, could it help verify his life, particular, yet those with faith do no longer desire products or relics. yet they are able to assist people who've doubts, on account that we do stay in a society the place "data" is around us each and all of the time, on television, in artwork place circumstances, and so on.

Answer 6

No, but given where he was born he probably looked middle-eastern. That's probably the best we can do.

Answer 7

He's the long-haired, bearded guy hanging from the cross.