How could anyone see that as anything but humiliation and blasphemy?
Palestinians have a higher percent ancestry from Jacob / Israel than Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jew impersonaters
Jesus would have looked more like a Palestinian than an Ashkenazi
According to Isaiah 53:2 the suffereing servant Messiah was not handsome
Contemporary English Version
Like a young plant or a root that sprouts in dry ground, the servant grew up obeying the LORD. He wasn't some handsome king. Nothing about the way he looked made him attractive to us.
@shortstories @rasterman @MeBigbrain that's a really weird translation. I've always read it as though Jesus just looked like everyone else, as in there wasn't any telltale sign that He was the Christ just based on His physical appearance alone. He just looked like a normal guy. Doesn't necessarily mean He was ugly.
@kf01 @Rasterman @beardalaxy @MeBigbrain
Jesus was made ugly that I might become handsome
By the psychological wounds they tried to inflict on him I may be healed
