What Did Jesus Look Like?
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What Did Jesus Look Like?
Not the first time scholars have made this suggestion ...
What Did Jesus Look Like?
... British scientists and Israeli archaeologists utilized forensic anthropology, similar to tactics used by police to solve crimes, to make a 3D model of his face, Popular Mechanics reported in January 2015. Their figure showed that Jesus had dark skin, hair and eyes, which did not come as a surprise to other religious scholars.
"The fact that he probably looked a great deal more like a darker-skinned Semite than westerners are used to seeing him pictured is a reminder of his universality," Episcopal studies expert Charles D. Hackett of the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia told the magazine. "And [it is] a reminder of our tendency to sinfully appropriate him in the service of our cultural values."
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He was probably a little arab guy. People used to be smaller . He lived in the desert.
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We've gone thru this already...
There are many references in official Roman letters to Roman Emperors from their Governors in Judea and area regarding what Jesus physical features were.
There are many references in official Roman letters to Roman Emperors from their Governors in Judea and area regarding what Jesus physical features were.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
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Based on the fact that people are doing this work, it suggests that not everyone agrees on what you consider to be the truth.averagejoe wrote:We've gone thru this already...
There are many references in official Roman letters to Roman Emperors from their Governors in Judea and area regarding what Jesus physical features were.
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averagejoe wrote:We've gone thru this already...
There are many references in official Roman letters to Roman Emperors from their Governors in Judea and area regarding what Jesus physical features were.
The truth is that these were eye witnesses who had direct contact with Jesus and all described Jesus in the same way.youjustcomplain wrote: Based on the fact that people are doing this work, it suggests that not everyone agrees on what you consider to be the truth.
Jesus was from the Tribe of Judah and was an Israelite.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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Actually Jesus spent some time in his youth in Cornwall England with his Great Uncle Joseph of Arimathea who was with Jewish Ruling Sanhedrin and was a leading Roman tin trader.Jflem1983 wrote:He was probably a little arab guy. People used to be smaller . He lived in the desert.

Stain glass window in St. John's Church in Glastonbury England showing Joseph of Arimathea with local King Arivagus upon arrival in England with Jesus's mother Mary 3 years after the Crucifixion of Jesus in 36 AD.
Many legends of a young Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea surround all of Cornwall England.
As a matter of fact Jesus had built the first above ground Church in Glastonbury England while living there and where Pilgrims came for a thousand years to witness it. It got to be so brittle it was in-cased in lead and is buried in the Glastonbury Abbey property.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
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Simon the Zealot and King Arviragus

Joseph of Arimathea arriving with Mary, Mary Magdalene and others in Glastonbury after King Arivagus offered them refuge and safety from the Romans.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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King Arivagus gives Joseph of Arimathea 12 hides of land or about 1,200 acres as recorded in the Doomsday or Domesday book located in the British Library...This land that was given to Joseph's group is where the old Glastonbury Abbeys ruins are today.

Domesday is Britain's earliest public record. It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by William I in 1085. Domesday is by the far the most complete record of pre-industrial society to survive anywhere in the world and provides a unique window on the medieval world.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/

Domesday is Britain's earliest public record. It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by William I in 1085. Domesday is by the far the most complete record of pre-industrial society to survive anywhere in the world and provides a unique window on the medieval world.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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The Arabs didn't invade the area until the year 636, so he would not have looked Arab. Definitely not western European either, but probably Greek or Turkish in complexion. The oldest surviving "picture" of Jesus comes from the 600s in Egypt. Here's that picture... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... _sinay.jpgJflem1983 wrote:He was probably a little arab guy. People used to be smaller . He lived in the desert.
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Turks didn't arrive in the area till long after Christ also....so no he wasn't Turkish.
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Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Thor Heyerdahl Says: “Our lack of knowledge about our own past is appalling.
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Why don't you use actual eye witnesses that describe Jesus?
Jesus was From the Tribe of Judah and an Israelite.
Jesus was From the Tribe of Judah and an Israelite.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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Well, given the times, he probably had long unkempt hair, lots of facial hair, stank to high heavens because personal hygiene didn't exist, had parasites, and suffered from a number of diseases.
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Why not? The stain glass windows in St. John's Church in Glastonbury English show Joseph of Arimathea (Jesus's Great Uncle and Mary's Uncle), Mary, Mary Magdelane, Simon the Zealot and others from Joseph's group landing in England after the Crucifixion of Jesus showing them all looking to be Western European. These are some of Jesus's relations.Glacier wrote: Definitely not western European either,
Also all the Royal families of Europe are of the Royal Israelite Tribe of Judah and all the Royal families are European. Please see thread with all the Royal Heraldry with the Royal Lion of Judah in every Royal family Coat of Arms of Europe.
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Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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No credible archeologists believes any of that. I'm pretty opened minded about alternative theories, but it just doens't seem credible to me. DNA testing shows that the whitest people were in Northern Europe. There's no way to know for sure what Jesus looked like, but I think it's pretty safe to say that western and northern Europeans are not the lost tribes of Israel.
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They were basically Arabs with a cooky religion. There's no way he was white lol.