Although Jesus Christ's precise features remain unknown, the author concluded that Jesus had been of an average height of 166 centimetres, likely bearded, with brown eyes, olive-brown skin and black hair.
Although it was not literally the face of Jesus, the result of the study determined that Jesus's skin would have been more olive-colored than white or black, and it also determined that he would have most likely looked like a typical Galilean Semite of his day.
Many scholars and archeologists now agree that Jesus was most likely a brown-skinned, brown-eyed man — more akin to a “Middle Eastern Jewish” or an Arab man. A commentator once said that if Jesus was taking a flight today “he might be profiled for additional security screening” by the TSA.
Take a close look at religious art from the past 700 years. Notice anything consistent? Mary is almost always decked out in blue, while Jesus typically wears red. Throughout history, blue has been considered a sacred and valuable hue.
After the Civil War, as Americans struggled with Reconstruction even as they worried about the growing number of Asian and Jewish immigrants, white Jesus became even more important to the identity of white folk. Artists began to portray the Savior as not only fair-skinned but also blond and blue-eyed.
What Color Was Jesus? (1993) | COMPLETE | Donahue w/ Blair Underwood
Was Jesus Caucasian?
No, neither was he Caucasian... Jesus Christ's earthly body was that of a Jewish man. He would have appeared middle eastern, with coarse hair (as the bible states) and more than likely a slightly darker complexion (or quite dark depending on how much sun he had received at the time).
The symbolism of the color purple in this context has to do with penitence, remembrance, royalty, and spiritual wealth. The color purple is linked to Jesus leading up to his crucifixion in John 19:2: "And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe…"
The Old Testament prophet Isaiah, whose words Teichert was fond of quoting, prophesied that Christ would return to earth wearing red, symbolizing His sacrifice for all (see Isaiah 63:1–3). Christ descends dramatically, clothed in scarlet, while figures fall at His feet.
The Bible does not say anything about the color of Jesus' skin. Jesus was a Jew/Israelite/Hebrew. He was of Semitic descent. His skin color was likely somewhere in between light olive and medium-dark brown. Jesus very likely looked like a typical Middle Easterner, with dark hair and dark eyes.
In the Bible, the color black is mainly associated with darkness, suffering, and blindness (especially spiritual blindness). It is has been universally accepted that the color white represents all colors, and conveys both purity and an openness to all aspects of life (open-mindedness).
In her 2018 book What Did Jesus Look Like?, Taylor used archaeological remains, historical texts and ancient Egyptian funerary art to conclude that, like most people in Judea and Egypt around the time, Jesus most likely had brown eyes, dark brown to black hair and olive-brown skin. He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in.
We know that God doesn't have a color because He doesn't have a body. He is Spirit and He's present everywhere (Ps. 139:7-12). Whether we're sitting at home or flying miles above the earth, He is there and we can call out to Him.
Many people have been curious about Jesus' height. Though the Bible doesn't mention his height, scholars and scientists estimate that Jesus' height was about 5'1” to 5'5.” This estimate is based on average heights for men during the 1st Century.
Jesus is often depicted wearing a red mantle or even an entire red robe. While this is sometimes only a choice of the artist, the use of the color red can also be a matter of religious symbolism. And Jesus dressed in red has become a tradition.
Like Poseidon and the color Blue, Zeus and the color purple, Hades and the color Black, Aphrodite and the colors Pearl White and Pink, Ares with the color Red, Hephaestus and Orange, you probably get it by now.
Red is the colour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, a sign of his love for us. Also this colour is symbolic of past and present wounds of our people.
So his skin color was a brown (light or dark not known) like olive skin, like most other Mediterranean peoples. He was for sure not black, and he wasn't white as many modern depictions of him are. In fact Jesus most certainly did not have long hair, and he wasn't fair skinned. You can thank Catholicism for that.
The Tabernacle described in Numbers is a picture of the ministry of Jesus as our High Priest. It was covered over by scarlet. However, Mark 15:17 and John 19:2 say it was a purple robe.
In Latin, Yeshua was transcribed as Iesus, and with the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire, Latin became the dominant language of the Western Church. This evolution was a consequence of linguistic and phonetic changes over time, as well as the influence of Latin's pronunciation on the English language.
Jesus does not have a last name. Last names were not common in those times. Christ is not a name, but a title. Christ means “anointed” or “Messiah”, so Jesus became the “Christ” or “Messiah” when he got baptized at the age of 30.
Yahshua is a proposed transliteration of יהושוע, the original Hebrew name of Jesus. The pronunciation Yahshua is philologically impossible in the original Hebrew and has support neither in archeological findings, such as the Dead Sea scrolls or inscriptions, nor in rabbinical texts as a form of Joshua.
