The Bible says men should not have long hair. Why is Jesus in all the paintings shown with long hair?

I thought you were joking man....wtf but its true

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but jesus never claimed had a strength of 30 men the superhuman sexual power its look stupid to honor him with giant phallus awards

its like brandeis honored boko haram for western lack of education

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When the pictures started appearing the artists probably reflected what many men looked like at the time. The fascination of what Jesus looked like goes on all the time as much is written on the subject.

I have heard all kinds of crazy things about men with long hair. It is one of those things you have to ask why do men's hair grow long if that is not natural? Some say short hair came about so as not to embarrass bald men in powerful positions. In WW1 military men were made to cut their hair because of cleanliness as on the battlefield bathing was no always possible (lice was a problem). A lot of things concerning hair are just cultural customs, much like beards on men and female body hair. Long hair on women was favored yet for centuries they were required to cover their hair. Does the cover for female hair have to do with female baldness? Does God really care about fashions?

People have a natural curiosity about what God looks like. Many people need to humanize God in some fashion so pictures and statues developed. To ban all images of a god serves control over cultural dress much as Mao made everyone in China dress a certain way to destroy envy and importance. Man is made in God's image so if we know what God looks like then whomever looks more like God gets favored. So when they began painting pictures of Jesus in Europe they couldn't paint a stereotype Jewish guy and expect everyone to buy into it.

Isaiah 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

jesus has nothing to do with this!!
this like the next chapter is speaking about the people of Israel - jews.

ever seen a caricature of a jew in European art?

we make kings shut their mouths! and they will be astonished in gog and magog.

do you mean to tell me that kings masters of occult knowledge never a heard of a born of a virgin demi god?

Actually there is a pretty clear description...bronze skin, wooly hair, and all that...

Yes, Jesus is described in the Bible as having an afro. Awesome right?

Because Jesus wasn't a Paultard.

appears to be a theory of a Queer Jewish scholar Leo Steinberg.

But there are sources that indicate Jesus' brother was a Nazirite, at least Church Father Hegesippus describes James the Just having a long hair. I've read speculation that Paul's condemning of long hair had to do with the schism beteween nascent Gentile Pauline Christianity and strict Judaic, xenophobic Jerusalem Church.

Obviously, from the historical point of view, you cannot deduce Jesus' looks from prophecies of Isaiah.

Or from JOhn's apocalyptic visions.

This guy had the same question. Check out his theory...

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5 Bible Verses about What Jesus Looked Like

Revelation 1:15 ESV / 103 helpful votes

His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

Revelation 1:13-14 ESV / 88 helpful votes

And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,

Isaiah 53:2 ESV / 81 helpful votes

For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

Daniel 10:5-6 ESV / 33 helpful votes

I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Genesis 49:10-12 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Binding his foal to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

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Your bible is written by stupid men. Jesus however did indeed have longish hair and it was common in those days.

It is and will never be by MY Bible...just sayin

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EASY Answer: Women normally wore their hair EXTRY long in the 1st century AD- down to their posterior. What Paul is talking about is a man growing his hair to look as though he were a woman. Having shoulder length not BUTT length hair was the ultra common style for Jewish men in that time and place.

Because if they showed him with his real hair cut, it would be obvious that he was a Tibetan monk.

well it's a question... notice the ?

so technically a bible should not have ?

a bible is a reference manual for programs to be used by programers or editors so they know the limits of the program.

his opinion is right

Among the Hebrews, it was regarded as disgraceful to a man to wear his hair long, except he had a vow as a Nazarite

every jews know samson have long hair

Samson had been set apart to God. As part of that vow, his hair was never to be cut. When Samson told Delilah that his strength would leave him if a razor were to be used on his head, she cunningly crafted her plan with the Philistine rulers.

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My God, the ignorance on this thread! The OP had a valid question. Man-made long hair laws, that's all I see.

OP, here you have something to start with. Keep researching.


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"The Oldest Views and Literary Data on the External Appearance of Jesus"

The Description of Publius Lentullus

The following was taken from a manuscript in the possession of Lord Kelly, and in his library, and was copied from an original letter of Publius Lentullus at Rome. It being the usual custom of Roman Governors to advertise the Senate and people of such material things as happened in their provinces in the days of Tiberius Caesar, Publius Lentullus, President of Judea, wrote the following epistle to the Senate concerning the Nazarene called Jesus.

"There appeared in these our days a man, of the Jewish Nation, of great virtue, named Yeshua [Jesus], who is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a Prophet of truth, but His own disciples call Him the Son of God- He raiseth the dead and cureth all manner of diseases. A man of stature somewhat tall, and comely, with very reverent countenance, such as the beholders may both love and fear, his hair of (the colour of) the chestnut, full ripe, plain to His ears, whence downwards it is more orient and curling and wavering about His shoulders. In the midst of His head is a seam or partition in His hair, after the manner of the Nazarenes. His forehead plain and very delicate; His face without spot or wrinkle, beautified with a lovely red; His nose and mouth so formed as nothing can be reprehended; His beard thickish, in colour like His hair, not very long, but forked; His look innocent and mature; His eyes grey, clear, and quick- In reproving hypocrisy He is terrible; in admonishing, courteous and fair spoken; pleasant in conversation, mixed with gravity. It cannot be remembered that any have seen Him Laugh, but many have seen Him Weep. In proportion of body, most excellent; His hands and arms delicate to behold. In speaking, very temperate, modest, and wise. A man, for His singular beauty, surpassing the children of men"
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"The letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar

This is a reprinting of a letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar describing the physical appearance of Jesus. Copies are in the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

TO TIBERIUS CAESAR:

A young man appeared in Galilee preaching with humble unction, a new law in the Name of the God that had sent Him. At first I was apprehensive that His design was to stir up the people against the Romans, but my fears were soon dispelled. Jesus of Nazareth spoke rather as a friend of the Romans than of the Jews. One day I observed in the midst of a group of people a young man who was leaning against a tree, calmly addressing the multitude. I was told it was Jesus. This I could easily have suspected so great was the difference between Him and those who were listening to Him. His golden colored hair and beard gave to his appearance a celestial aspect. He appeared to be about 30 years of age. Never have I seen a sweeter or more serene countenance. What a contrast between Him and His bearers with their black beards and tawny complexions! Unwilling to interrupt Him by my presence, I continued my walk but signified to my secretary to join the group and listen. Later, my secretary reported that never had he seen in the works of all the philosophers anything that compared to the teachings of Jesus. He told me that Jesus was neither seditious nor rebellious, so we extended to Him our protection. He was at liberty to act, to speak, to assemble and to address the people. This unlimited freedom provoked the Jews -- not the poor but the rich and powerful.

Later, I wrote to Jesus requesting an interview with Him at the Praetorium. He came. When the Nazarene made His appearance I was having my morning walk and as I faced Him my feet seemed fastened with an iron hand to the marble pavement and I trembled in every limb as a guilty culprit, though he was calm. For some time I stood admiring this extraordinary Man. There was nothing in Him that was repelling, nor in His character, yet I felt awed in His presence. I told Him that there was a magnetic simplicity about Him and His personality that elevated Him far above the philosophers and teachers of His day.

Now, Noble Sovereign, these are the facts concerning Jesus of Nazareth and I have taken the time to write you in detail concerning these matters. I say that such a man who could convert water into wine, change death into life, disease into health; calm the stormy seas, is not guilty of any criminal offense and as others have said, we must agree -- truly this is the Son of God.

Your most obedient servant,
Pontius Pilate
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" The Emerald of Caesar

The Likeness of Jesus

This Likeness of Jesus was copied from a portrait carved on an emerald by order of Tiberius Caesar, which emerald the Emperor of the Turks afterwards gave out of the Treasury of Constantinople to Pope Innocent VIII for the redemption of his brother, taken captive by the Christians."

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"The Archko Volume"

Another description of Jesus is found in "The Archko Volume" which contains official court documents from the days of Jesus. This information substantiates that He came from racial lines which had blue eyes and golden hair. In a chapter entitled "Gamaliel's Interview" it states concerning Jesus (Yeshua) appearance:

"I asked him to describe this person to me, so that I might know him if I should meet him. He said: 'If you ever meet him [Yeshua] you will know him. While he is nothing but a man, there is something about him that distinguishes him from every other man. He is the picture of his mother, only he has not her smooth, round face. His hair is a little more golden than hers, though it is as much from sunburn as anything else. He is tall, and his shoulders are a little drooped; his visage is thin and of a swarthy complexion, though this is from exposure. His eyes are large and a soft blue, and rather dull and heavy....' This Jew [Nazarite] is convinced that he is the Messiah of the world. ...this was the same person that was born of the virgin in Bethlehem some twenty-six years before..."

- The Archko Volume, translated by Drs. McIntosh and Twyman of the Antiquarian Lodge, Genoa, Italy, from manuscripts in Constantinople and the records of the Senatorial Docket taken from the Vatican of Rome (1896) 92-93

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Ask how it is they knew if their preacher was circumcised or not so they would know if his word was true or not, too

"Images and Pictures of Jesus


1. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

Neither the New Testament nor the writings of the earlier post-Biblical Christian authors have any statements regarding the personal appearance of Jesus, thus contrasting sharply with the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha and especially with the works of the Gnostics. In the "Shepherd" of Hermas (ix. 6, 12) the lofty stature of the Son of God is emphasized, and according to the Gospel of Peter he even towered above the heaven at his resurrection. Gnostic influence is betrayed by visions in which Christ appears as a shepherd, or the master of a ship, or in the form of one of his apostles, as of Paul and of Thomas, or again as a young boy. In the Acts of Andrew and Matthew he assumes the figure of a lad, and the same form is taken in the Acts of Peter and Andrew, in the Acts of Matthew, and in the Ethiopic Acts of James. Manazara is healed by a youth in the Acts of Thomas, and a beautiful lad appears to Peter and Theon in the Actus Vercellensis, which also mentions the smile of friendship in the face of Jesus. A handsome youth with smiling face appears at the grave of Drusiana in the Acts of John, but certain widows to whom the Lord restored their sight saw him an, aged man of indescribable appearance, though others perceived in him a youth, and others still a boy. The youthfulness of Christ is also mentioned in the life and passion of St. C棩lus and the vision of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas ascribed to the risen Christ the face of a youth with snow-white hair."

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It was a plan launched several hundred years ago to prepare the world to receive its Anti-Christ. The sodomite curse landed on the western church as a result of gross immorality. 10 generations later, the church is reaping the fruit of that curse.
The American jesus is depicted as a sodomite with long hair as a testimony to why you should not try to makes depictions of God. It fosters confusion.

^^^^^Great answer. Someone reads the Bible correctly.

Flavius Caesar.