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NASB | Isaiah 53:2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 53:2 For He [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender shoot (plant), And like a root out of dry ground; He has no stately form or majestic splendor That we would look at Him, Nor [handsome] appearance that we would be attracted to Him. |
Bible Question: Why don't we have any portraits of Jesus? |
Bible Answer: Oh, but we do, kelly_blue, we do have portraits of Jesus! Tell your Sunday School girls that we have four precious gems, all of them fine portraits of our Lord. They are not the kinds of portraits that appeal to the eye but touch the heart. They do not yellow and fade with time. They are perfect, enduring, eternal and will never pass away. The portrait artists are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but the Artist who guided their brush strokes is God. I have seen the portrait of Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris, I went to college with Pat Boone, and I have seen Frank Sinatra, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford in person. But having seen neither a physical likeness of Jesus on a canvas, nor having ever met Him in the flesh, I know Him far better than I know anyone else who lives or who ever has lived on this earth. --Hank |