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NASB | Revelation 1:12 ¶ Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:12 ¶ Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw seven golden lampstands; |
Bible Question:
Than another question...why do people always portray Him as having blue eyes? I realize that He would traditionally, and most likely genetically, have had brown eyes, so then why would people always portray Him as blue-eyed? Nothing in Isaiah?? Jeremiah?? Some of the people that portray Him as such use the Scripture in their portrayal as back-up...so I'm just wondering where that would be. |
Bible Answer: I believe that the reason that Jesus is portrayed as such is simply because we like it. The original painting of Christ as a smiling, warm-faced, blue eyed man was an actual interpretation of what a man thought that Jesus would look like, but had little to do with fact. In fact, there is only one verse that comes to mind that has anything to do with JEsus' appearance, and that is that there was nothing overly appealing about it. Unfortunately I forget the reference, but I may research it and get back to you later. Also, we can picture Christ as being a strong man. If He was indeed a carpenter, then there would certainly be strength as a requirement! Afterall, they did deal mostly with stone in their building in that region at that time. -mm42883 |