What was the stature of the man Jesus? How tall was He? How sturdy or frail? Painters and sculptors have clouded over their ignorance by emphasizing His face, putting therein all the passion and pity or suffering within their abilities. His body they have made secondary, usually slim, occasionally even pudgy, sometimes tall, seldom short, according to the current ideas of ascetic beauty.
But possibly Jesus was a man short of stature, possibly only about 5 ft. 2 in. Such last week was the British analysis attributed...
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