Jesus: How Do You Picture His Appearance?

Is there anyone who pictures Jesus having Caucasian qualities?

Jesus, yo.

white guy with long hair comes to mind

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

This is what Jesus looks like!

On a more serious note, I would imagine he would look Middle Eastern.

Is there anyone who pictures Jesus having Caucasian qualities?

jerk-o-tron2000

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

fairly similar to this

As a baby, obviously.

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

Ahh yes. Isn't this that computer generated pic of what scientists believe Jesus may have looked like?

I prefer this photo, as it's definitely more realistic. :P

I thought Jesus was Jewish?

Ahh yes. Isn't this that computer generated pic of what scientists believe Jesus may have looked like?

I prefer this photo, as it's definitely more realistic. :P

RACiEP

That's the one, yep.

Like this

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

I'm guessing this Jesus wasn't appealing enough.

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

LoG-Sacrament

No, no, that's pure 100% gospel, heretic! :o

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

LoG-Sacrament

Nope.

Getting ...serious for just a sec

FOr those that beleive in Jesus and have read the new testiment..it says he will return with a new face and new name.

I'm betting its Nicholas Cage.

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

Ok..Mug shot Jesus is my new Jesus.

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

metroidfood

next youll be telling me that god isnt an awkwardly buff old white guy with a huge bushy beard.

Nope.

DAMN YOU! You have shook the foundation of my beliefs.........Oh wait.....I'm an atheist......

Is there anyone who pictures Jesus having Caucasian qualities?

jerk-o-tron2000

The way he's usually depicted in Western art. If I take the fractions of seconds necessary to pop a picture of Jesus into my brain, that's what my brain comes up with. I don't take time to consider what he actually might have looked like.

Like Jim Morrison, even though I know the picture GabuEx posted is more accurate.

Just look at that beard.

Like Jim Morrison, even though I know the picture GabuEx posted is more accurate.

Just look at that beard.

awesomeface

Damn.....Epic.

The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

Jesus, yo.

carrot-cake

OMG some black lasy at the nursing home I work at has that same exact poster by her bed!!!!

I almost died when I saw it!:lol:

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

metroidfood

Nope.

According to Islamic sources he was a good looking, broad chested man with slightly curly hair and reddish skin.

Holiness, thats all.Bloodseeker23

Is there anyone who pictures Jesus having Caucasian qualities?

jerk-o-tron2000

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

F1_2004

The distribution of skin colors of the native population in regions throughout the earth is today very well known:

Given that Jesus was a Jew living in the Middle East, and given that his parents were not recent immigrants, it is very unlikely Jesus had fair skin.

As for his hair, certainly he could have had long hair, but given the culture in which he lived, it's rather unlikely. Paul even wrote in his letter to the Corinthians that long hair on a man is a disgrace (1 Corinthians 11:14). The idea that he would say this of the man to whom he dedicated his life would be a bit odd, to say the least.

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The "long-haired hippie Jesus" look is pretty much a complete invention by European painters.

GabuEx

The distribution of skin colors of the native population in regions throughout the earth is today very well known:

Given that Jesus was a Jew living in the Middle East, and given that his parents were not recent immigrants, it is very unlikely Jesus had fair skin.

As for his hair, certainly he could have had long hair, but given the culture in which he lived, it's rather unlikely. Paul even wrote in his letter to the Corinthians that long hair on a man is a disgrace (1 Corinthians 11:14). The idea that he would say this of the man to whom he dedicated his life would be a bit odd, to say the least.

Some middle eastern looking dude

Jesus is this man

That picture is just scientists' best guess as to a typical man living in that general area. It's an approximation of an approximation, nothing more.F1_2004

That "guess", if you wish to call it that, is based on the structures of skulls found in that area from the time period in which Jesus lived, on what scientists know today about the distributions of skin colors in the world today, and on what is known about the customs of the culture in which Jesus was raised. At the very least, it's rather likely to be more accurate than the White Hippie Jesus he is typically depicted as today. There is no evidence, and therefore no reason to believe, that Jesus was significantly and fundamentally different in appearance than his contemporaries.

I thought Jesus was Jewish?

ehhwhatever

and I thought Judaism is a religion, and not a race?

I thought Jesus was Jewish?

ehhwhatever

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I thought Jesus was Jewish?

Antitheist-

and I thought Judaism is a religion, and not a race?

This guy from Clash of the Titans would be my guess....:P

Pretty much like this.

Pretty much like this.Ultrabeatdown55

Like this :).

A tan guy with dark curly (probably short) hair, a beard, with other typical jewish features. Definitely not a white guy with long sandy brown hair.