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Old 03-26-2013, 03:08 PM   #1
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...In North America he is most often depicted as being taller than his disciples, lean, with long, flowing, light brown hair, fair skin and light-colored eyes. A person with these features and physical bearing would have looked very different from everyone else in the region where Jesus lived and ministered. Surely the authors of the Bible would have mentioned so stark a contrast.

On the contrary, according to the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane before the Crucifixion, Judas Iscariot had to indicate to the soldiers whom Jesus was because they could not tell him apart from his disciples.

...[With] forensic anthropology, using methods similar to those police have developed to solve crimes, British scientists, assisted by Israeli archeologists, have re-created what they believe is the most accurate image of the most famous face in human history.

...The first step for Neave and his research team was to acquire skulls from near Jerusalem, the region where Jesus lived and preached. Semite skulls of this type had previously been found by Israeli archeology experts.

...From an analysis of skeletal remains, archeologists had firmly established that the average build of a Semite male at the time of Jesus was 5 ft. 1 in., with an average weight of about 110 pounds. Since Jesus worked outdoors as a carpenter until he was about 30 years old, it is reasonable to assume he was more muscular and physically fit than westernized portraits suggest. His face was probably weather-beaten, which would have made him appear older, as well.
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Fascinating stuff. I'm hoping Jesus is better looking than that.

I bought an Eastern Orthodox icon for display along with my framed "Living Christ" declaration. That's probably an inaccurate portrayal too, but at least he is darker than Greg Olson's Utah-like Jesus.

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However, recent discoveries lead us to believe he was an average Semitic male, 5 foot 1, 110 pounds.
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However, recent discoveries lead us to believe he was an average Semitic male, 5 foot 1, 110 pounds.
recent discoveries, or the fact that the Gospel account that they couldn't tell him apart from his disciples?
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