From The Words of An Antique
Holy Card ....Description of How Jesus
Looked...
During the life of Jesus we have a
description of his charisma and appearance. It
was written by Tiberius Caesar’s President
to Judea, Publius Lentulus. During the 11th
Century writing of Saint Anselm of Canterbury,
we can read in detail the following regarding
how Romans who were intrigued by his majesty
and spiritual powers perceived him.
"There is a man in Judea who I am
amazed to have witnessed, and who will now
describe to you. He is a man of singular
virtue. Whose name is Jesus Christ whom the
barbarians esteem as a prophet, but his
followers love and adore him as the offspring
of the immortal God. He calls back the dead
from their graves and heals all sorts of
diseases with a word or a touch. He is a tall
man, well shaped, and of an amiable and
reverential aspect. His hair is of a color
that can hardly be matched. It falls into
graceful curls, waving about and very
agreeably couched about his shoulders. It is
parted on the crown of his head, running as a
stream to the front after the fashion of the
Nazarites. His forehead is high, large and
imposing. His cheeks are without spot or
wrinkle. His face is most beautiful with a
lovely red. His nose and mouth formed with
exquisite symmetry. His beard is of a color
suitable to his hair, reaching below his chin
and parted in the middle like a fork. His eyes
are bright and blue. They are clear and
innocent, dignified, manly and mature. Often
times however, just before he reveals his
divine powers, his eyelids are gently closed
in reverential silence. In proportion of body
it is most perfect and amazing to view. His
arms and hands are lovely to behold. He
rebukes with majesty, and counsels with
mildness to who he addresses. Whether in word
or deed he is eloquent and sincere. No man has
seen him laugh; yet his manners are
exceedingly pleasant. But he has wept
frequently in the presence of men. He has
temperate, modest and wise disposition; a man
for his extraordinary beauty and divine
perfection. He has a beauty and divine
perfection, surpassing the children of men in
every sense.