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Originally Posted by Lyricb  I have to agree that the picture is probably a pretty bad representation of what he actually looked like. |
Right :)
Isaiah makes it clear that Jesus was no pretty-boy Hollywood star -
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2)
Even Paul was nothing to write home about -
"For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his appearance is unimpressive, and he speaks poorly" (2 Cor 10:10)
And Moses admitted to being unable to think on his feet-
"O Lord, I have never been eloquent, i'm slow of speech and tongue." (Exodus 4:10)
And Jonah was so scared he refused pointblank to be a prophet and jumped on a ship to escape God -
"Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish." (Jonah 1:3)
And Jeremiah said - "Lord i'm no good at speaking, i'm too young and people won't take me seriously" (Jer 1:6)
The moral of all this? - many Biblical people were as ordinary as you and me..