For how much the Bible tells us what Jesus said and what he meant, it’s striking how little it tells us about his appearance. Based on his ethnicity and birthplace, he was almost certainly brown-skinned, with dark eyes and hair. He had a beard. But the only comment on the Messiah's looks comes from the biblical prophet Isaiah, who Christians believe foretold Jesus' arrival in Israel: "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
Translation: Jesus of Nazareth wasn’t hot.
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