![]() In 1 Samuel 17:4, Goliath was described as a giant who was six cubits and a span tall, which translates into over nine feet tall. “Kish had a son named Saul, who was better looking and more than a head taller than anyone else in all Israel.” ( 1 Samuel 9:2, CEV). In the Old Testament, the future King Saul is described as good-looking and tall. If Jesus was taller than the average people in the crowd, Zacchaeus would have been able to see him above everyone else. Paul explains to early Christians in Corinth, “Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering” ( 1 Corinthians 11:14-15). Shorter hair was considered the norm for Jewish men and for Romans. Jesus probably had a beard and short curly hair with long sideburns or “payot.” Jesus followed the law in Leviticus 19:27 which said, “You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.” Even today, Orthodox Jewish men grow long hair on the sides of their heads. Jesus told his followers, “And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black” ( Matthew 5:36). ![]() Other scholars believe Jesus was 5’ 1” tall and he weighed 110 pounds. Based on archeological evidence, most first-century Jewish men were about 5’ 5” tall and had brown eyes. Joan Taylor, professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, researched the appearance of Jesus for her book What Did Jesus Look Like? She believes that Jesus looked like most other people in the Middle East during the First Century.Īncient Jewish people were similar in appearance to Egyptians during that time. We can, however, extrapolate some generalities about Jesus’ appearance based on his culture and archeological findings. ![]() After reading the Bible or hearing someone talk about Jesus, many people have wondered, “What did Jesus look like?” Since Jesus lived over 2,000 years ago, we don’t have photos or even drawings of how he looked.
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