What did Jesus Look like? Was he tall or short, was he fat or thin, swarthy, tan, fair, blue eyed, brown eyed, green eyed, etc?
The bible gives us no physical description of Jesus whatsoever despite the fact that at least three of the Gospel writers knew exactly what Jesus looked like, and that at least two of them - Matthew and John - were with Him from the very beginning of his ministry.
None of them recorded so much as a scrap of description because they knew exactly what we would sinfully do with that description - make an image of Christ and turn that into our idol.
The fact that we currently have all of these pictures of Christ, and that I've heard people say things like “well that's not what Jesus looks like”, says quite a bit about us and how we want our God to be...
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
