What Did Jesus Look Like

[Leafrivermac]

Which image looks more like Jesus?

In recent portrayals by Caucasian Christian artists, Yeshua ben Nazereth (a.k.a. Jesus Christ) has typically been shown with a light skin, a long "Presbyterian" nose, very long hair, and a height probably in excess of six feet. The face of Jim Caviezel, who plays Jesus in the movie "The Passion of the Christ," is similar to many modern-day images of Jesus. He is shown in the right picture above. Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, associate professor of world Christianity at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, GA, commented: "While Western imagery is dominant, in other parts of the world he is often shown as black, Arab or Hispanic." 3 However, these have been based on pure speculation by the artists.

There have been at least two recent attempts at predicting what Yeshua actually looked like:

The center portrait above is based on the image on the Shroud of Turin, which is believed by some Christians to be the burial shroud of Jesus. It is of a man estimated to be 5' 11½" to 6' 2" tall. 1

Starting with the assumption that Jesus resembled a typical peasant from 1st century CE Palestine, Richard Neave, a medical artist retired from the University of Manchester in England, and a team of researchers "started with an Israeli skull dating back to the 1st century. They then used computer programs, clay, simulated skin and their knowledge about the Jewish people of the time to determine the shape of the face, and color of eyes and skin." 2 Mike Fillon followed the research and wrote an article about the portrait in "Popular Mechanics" magazine. 3 He said during a CNN interview that: "There are very strong rabbinical laws in Israel that you cannot tamper with a skull or any bones, so they needed to reconstruct the skull. Using a cat scan, which is very common in hospitals, they were able to recreate the skull precisely and make a cast of it. Then they put small wooden pegs, based on anthropological data, to figure out what the muscle structure and the skin would look like, and so they layered that on using clay-like substances." 4

The result is shown in the left portrait above: a person with abroad peasant's face, dark olive skin, short curly hair and a prominent nose. His height would have been on the order of 5' 1"; he would have weighed about 110 pounds. Alison Galloway, professor of anthropology at the University of California in Santa Cruz , said that: "This [portrait] is probably a lot closer to the truth than the work of many great masters."

Jean Claude Gragard, used the left image in his documentary "Son of God," which was broadcast by the British Broadcasting Commission in 2001. He said: "Using archaeological and anatomical science rather than artistic interpretation makes this the most accurate likeness ever created. It isn't the face of Jesus, because we're not working with the skull of Jesus, but it is the departure point for considering what Jesus would have looked like." They guessed at the length of Jesus' hair on the basis of the reference by Paul that "If a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him." They speculate that Paul would not have written this if Jesus Christ had had long hair?

Mike Fillon told CNN that "There is no way that we are saying this is the skull of Jesus...Christians believe...that Jesus' entire body was resurrected, so there would never be any bones or skull or DNA evidence of Jesus. Plus, his ministry was very, very short. So it would be hard to find a lot of evidence." Some liberal theologians assume that Jesus was not resurrected. They assume that the Romans threw his body on a garbage heap to be eaten by scavengers. This was a near-universal practice for the victims of execution. Either way, the chances of finding any evidence is essentially nil.

[Chuck7]

Leaf,
Jesus could maniest Himself in any fashion. I've read many accounts of others who have had visions and some devout beleivers on Hunting.net. They can vary. The gardeners never even recognized Him 1 day after He had resserected until He opened their eyes. Thomas had to touch Him before He would believe. I know I had a long good look at Him. I know when He appeared it was totally silent. All the crickets and any other night creatures stopped their singing. his garmets were very beautiful and his eyes said one thing..HOLINESS. ..

God bless,
C7

[motor]

Mac, i do not believe anyone knows what Jesus looks like..oh yes we have our ideas and our thoughts but nothing tangible..
i personaly don't care what He looks like, we just need to make sure we will see him, amen..
the Word says in Psalms 17:15,"As for me,I will behold thy face in righteouness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2

Amd until then, we won't know what He looks like..

[Leafrivermac]

All this is true . . . .and I myself have had visions. But a vision is totally different than a sighting. A vision can be totally real to the one or ones having it and yet non existant to others. An actual physical presence is tangible to all.

[dabowhunter]

Seems to me that the popular artists renditions of what Christ looks like has been taken as fact by many. Also seems like this could be used by satan to decieve many.

[Kosherboy]

He might havelook like this, in the flesh.

[Kosherboy]

ORIGINAL: Kosherboy

He might havelook like this, in the flesh.

Today he looks like this:
13 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.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Talk about Evolution, WOW !

That Jewish boy's mama is very proud I bet.

[cr422]

Impossible to know exactly what he looked like, but one thing forsure. He looked Jewish.

[cr422]

ORIGINAL: Leafrivermac

[align=left]Yeshua ben Nazereth (a.k.a. Jesus Christ)

[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Hope I'm not being too fussy, but his name would have been Yeshua ben Yusef. Nazareth is a place.Of course we know that Yusef wasn't really his dad, but everyone would have assumed that he was and explaining about,"conceivedby the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary," at the time would not have gone over well among the neighbors.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]If you are a convert or don't know who your father was, youwill be known asXXXX ben Avraham.[/align]

[Ought_Six]

I wonder if the Romans described him in their records.