Can you accept this man as your saviour?

The real face of Jesus

WOW
very surprised,thought he would have had longer hair than that

It doesn't matter what my savior looks like.. whether like that or something else. It's not important.

i totally agree!

Yea Mom, I don't understand what difference it makes.. lol

Long hair like this?

well not being my saviour and all, i could care less.
but howd they come up with that sketch? is it just from comparing him to his deciples like that site said? cause he doesnt look that jewish there really. and with no dna and bones to go off, its hard to construct a good portrait

OK you changed it... it was a link to that cool article from I think it was either National Geographic or Popular Mechanics back a few years ago which I read back when the article first came out a few years ago.... now it's about David Koresh from Wikipedia... what gives?

Sorry about that. There are two different links now

not the crazy Waco texas guy,longer than that

This line is from the last page of the artice "Neave emphasizes that his re-creation is simply that of an adult man who lived in the same place and at the same time as Jesus. "

I don't see why Jesus should look better than an average Jewish man who lived in that time.

Yea..If I remember right, this picture is a suggestion of what he may have looked like. They compared records of other men who lived in the area around the same time (skulls)- same heritage.. and those with same types of jobs, under the same environment. It's still interesting though.

"Further clouding the question of what Jesus looked like is the simple fact that nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus described, nor have any drawings of him ever been uncovered. There is the additional problem of having neither a skeleton nor other bodily remains to probe for DNA."

There's no hard evidence to even prove his existance...and they come up with a face. Mmmph

And what a face...can you get any more generic?

The article suggests Jesus could have been a very short man.

From the article, "the average build of a Semite male at the time of Jesus was 5 ft. 1 in"

I find it hard imagine a short Jesus.

Ahaha!

Yes there is a more generic face. LOL

Is what Jesus looked like really important? I don't think so. Who cares whether he was tall or short or fat or thin. What is important is what he did for us while on earth (the whole dying for our sins scenario). All else is immaterial. I know very few people who would honestly say Jesus was this tall European dude with long hair and fair skin. I guess there are pockets of areas that are ignorant of the fact that we don't know what Jesus looks like, but mostly I think you'll find Christians are a little more savvy than people give us credit for....

Regards, PA

Wtf
Jews don't all look the same!

It is his essence not his appearance which is important, imo.

I agree, Jews don't look the same. For all we know about the apperance of Jesus he could have looked exactly like this or worst.

Maybe the Gospel writers avoided writing about his appearance because he was not a great looking man. What do you think?