About the Human side of Jesus: His physical appearance, His preaching style, and His mannerisms.
Read Hebrews 2:10-18 and Philippians 2:6-8. Jesus shared in our humanity for thirty-three years, and greatly suppressed His divinity for our sake, in order to suffer death on the cross for our sins.
Jesus’ Physical Appearance
Sometimes, we see pictures depicting Jesus as being a very handsome man with a nicely trimmed beard and beautiful facial features, but scripture says otherwise.
Isaiah 53:2 says,
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him"
Based on Revelation 1:12-14, some say Jesus' hair had the texture of wool, but these verses are not talking about texture, but about color. It says, "His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow." Also, these verses in Revelation are not describing a physical flesh and blood body, but something very spiritual after the Lord's ascension to Heaven.
The truth is, we don’t know what Jesus' face looked like. All we know is that Jesus was, according to the flesh, of the Middle-Eastern Hebrew race; Most likely, Jesus did not have an "Afro" hair style, and most likely, Jesus did not have blue eyes; Therefore, every image we see depicting Jesus Christ's with certain facial features is false, because nobody really knows.
Jesus’ Preaching Style
Jesus was very careful in how He spoke to people. His tone was gentle for the most part. He did cry out in the temple when He purged it (John 7:25-29), and on the cross, for good reason (Luke 23:44-45), but for the most part, His tone was gentle.
Read what Isaiah 42:1-3 (also read Matthew 12: 13-2) says about Jesus’ preaching style.
Jesus’ Mannerisms
Jesus had emotions just like we have: joy, anger, frustration, sorrow, and compassion. He was harsh, when necessary, especially towards those deserving rebuke.
His Anger - Matthew 21: 12-14, Matthew 21:18-19 and Mark 3:1-5
His Anguish as His death approached - Luke 12:50 and Luke 22:43-44
His Compassion - Mark 6:34
His Frustration - Luke 9:37-43, Mark 8:11-13, and Mark 8:14-21
His Gentleness in rebuking - John 5:1-14
His Harshness in rebuking – Matthew 23:13-33
His Humility - Mark 10:18, Philippians 2: 5-8
His Joy - Luke 10:17-21
His Love - He proved it on the cross.
His Sorrow (weeping) – John 11:35 and Luke 19:41
Read Hebrews 2:10-18 and Philippians 2:6-8. Jesus shared in our humanity for thirty-three years, and greatly suppressed His divinity for our sake, in order to suffer death on the cross for our sins.
Jesus’ Physical Appearance
Sometimes, we see pictures depicting Jesus as being a very handsome man with a nicely trimmed beard and beautiful facial features, but scripture says otherwise.
Isaiah 53:2 says,
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him"
Based on Revelation 1:12-14, some say Jesus' hair had the texture of wool, but these verses are not talking about texture, but about color. It says, "His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow." Also, these verses in Revelation are not describing a physical flesh and blood body, but something very spiritual after the Lord's ascension to Heaven.
The truth is, we don’t know what Jesus' face looked like. All we know is that Jesus was, according to the flesh, of the Middle-Eastern Hebrew race; Most likely, Jesus did not have an "Afro" hair style, and most likely, Jesus did not have blue eyes; Therefore, every image we see depicting Jesus Christ's with certain facial features is false, because nobody really knows.
Jesus’ Preaching Style
Jesus was very careful in how He spoke to people. His tone was gentle for the most part. He did cry out in the temple when He purged it (John 7:25-29), and on the cross, for good reason (Luke 23:44-45), but for the most part, His tone was gentle.
Read what Isaiah 42:1-3 (also read Matthew 12: 13-2) says about Jesus’ preaching style.
Jesus’ Mannerisms
Jesus had emotions just like we have: joy, anger, frustration, sorrow, and compassion. He was harsh, when necessary, especially towards those deserving rebuke.
His Anger - Matthew 21: 12-14, Matthew 21:18-19 and Mark 3:1-5
His Anguish as His death approached - Luke 12:50 and Luke 22:43-44
His Compassion - Mark 6:34
His Frustration - Luke 9:37-43, Mark 8:11-13, and Mark 8:14-21
His Gentleness in rebuking - John 5:1-14
His Harshness in rebuking – Matthew 23:13-33
His Humility - Mark 10:18, Philippians 2: 5-8
His Joy - Luke 10:17-21
His Love - He proved it on the cross.
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