We are not certain about the physical appearance of Jesus, that is to say, what he looked like with any certainty. We know, based on scripture, he had complete humanity; that he advanced at each stage of growth; he was perfect at each step, or each step of that progression. That is, he didn’t probably didn’t act like a thirty year old when he was fourteen. There was a normal type of progression and growth in his life. But as far as his looks are concerned, we have no way of knowing for sure. The only portrait of Jesus given in the entire scripture is the one given in the first chapter in the book of the Revelation, which is a very symbolic picture. Anyone who would try to picture that in portrait form as one artist tried to do, would produce simply a monstrosity. But other than that, we have no physical description of Jesus given. We have a hint or two. For example, we know that the rabbis had some very definite standards for the outward appearance of any proper Jew, especially one who would be a teacher. He would have been severely and harshly criticized if those standards were not met. We have no indication that anyone ever scorned him for his physical presence. With some degree of speculation of course, one of those standards, that the Jews had, was that the claim that the reflection of the divine presence could only descend upon a man of tall, powerful stature. Again, with a marginal degree of speculation, we might have to agree that ruggedness would have to be at least part of the requirements because of his frequent journeys by foot in the land of Palestine. We know for example, that the color of a Palestinian Jew in antiquity was a light brown color. His eyes could either be brown, or blue. His hair would most likely be black. The hair normally was worn to the shoulder and beards and mustaches of course were again appropriately and commonly worn in that time. Again, we need to factor in some degree of conjecture when considering all this. While Jesus may not have been able to make a professional football team as a linebacker, as some popular youth speakers have tried to image him, it seems to be that he wasn’t a pale-faced weakling, or an effeminate kind of individual as some of the pictures or motion picture characterizations of Jesus seem to indicate. There’s a clue also in the Gospel of John in the eight chapter that indicates he was not yet fifty years of age, before he said, “Before Abraham was, I am” (8:48) . The crowd said “Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?” We figure that Jesus is about 30 years of age give or take when he began his ministry; so it may imply that the sorrows and the cares of life as the man of sorrows may have made some imprint upon him. But even that is a bit weak.