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The Bible describes Jesus as an average-looking man whose appearance didn’t stand out in a unique way. The Gospels mention certain clothes he wore. John describes a heavenly vision he had of Jesus in Revelation. Isaiah mentions his physical appearance when he was crucified.
For centuries, the most common image of Jesus Christ, at least in Western cultures, has been that of a bearded, fair-skinned man with long, wavy, light brown or blond hair and...
Even Old Testament descriptions of King David, for example, allude to his physical attractiveness (1 Samuel 16:12; 17:42). But the New Testament Gospels contain no reference to Jesus’ appearance, much less a description of him.
The Letter of Lentulus, a forged letter supposedly written by Publius Lentulus, the Governor of Judea, to the Roman Senate, according to most scholars was composed to compensate for the lack of any physical description of Jesus in the Bible.
Bible Answer: The Bible never describes Jesus’ physical appearance while He walked on this planet. Some individuals believe that Exodus 24:10; Daniel 7:9; 10:5-6 or Revelation 1:14-15; 4:2-3 describe Jesus’ physical, earthly appearance.
The Bible nowhere gives a physical description of what Jesus looked like during His incarnation. 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.”
The Bible does not detail Jesus' physical appearance, emphasizing His teachings and divine nature instead. Likely a typical first-century Jewish man, His significance lies in His spiritual and moral authority.
We don’t have photos or even drawings of how Jesus looked. But based on archeological evidence, most first-century Jewish men were about 5’ 5” tall and had brown eyes. Other scholars believe Jesus was 5’ 1” tall and he weighed 110 pounds.
The only physical description of Jesus that does exist is from a copy of a letter from the Roman consul Lentulus to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. This document was discovered in a Monastery with copies of other ancient documents.
Most people often turn to movies and pictures for an idea of Jesus’ physical appearance while He lived on Earth. However, those visual representations are infused with the artists’ unique perspectives and cultural backgrounds.