# re: Who came up with our popular image of Jesus?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-who-came-up-with-our-popular-image-of-jesus/787006 "2017-05-19T16:45:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-who-came-up-with-our-popular-image-of-jesus/787006/21 "2017-06-18T15:50:04Z")

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Google seems to have a pretty clear idea of what Jesus looked like  
[https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&safe=strict&site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=980&bih=612&q=Jesus&oq=Jesus&gs\_l=img.3..35i39k1j0l9.2348.4145.0.5082.7.7.0.0.0.0.417.1033.0j4j4-1.5.0....0...1.1j4.64.img..2.5.1026.0.CvgnwCxkJOc](https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&safe=strict&site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=980&bih=612&q=Jesus&oq=Jesus&gs_l=img.3..35i39k1j0l9.2348.4145.0.5082.7.7.0.0.0.0.417.1033.0j4j4-1.5.0....0...1.1j4.64.img..2.5.1026.0.CvgnwCxkJOc)

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-who-came-up-with-our-popular-image-of-jesus/787006/22 "2017-06-18T16:37:17Z")

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> [@SeniorCitizen007](#):
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> Google seems to have a pretty clear idea of what Jesus looked like
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> [Jesus - Google Search](https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&safe=strict&site=webhp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=980&bih=612&q=Jesus&oq=Jesus&gs_l=img.3..35i39k1j0l9.2348.4145.0.5082.7.7.0.0.0.0.417.1033.0j4j4-1.5.0....0...1.1j4.64.img..2.5.1026.0.CvgnwCxkJOc)

Hmmm, that’s odd…never saw him as having so many legs.

[https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170618/70cf7d81853a84652e6d385f8468ecb5.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170618/70cf7d81853a84652e6d385f8468ecb5.jpg)

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**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-who-came-up-with-our-popular-image-of-jesus/787006/23 "2017-06-27T09:40:16Z")

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Lots of early Jesuses on this page, from the Roman catacombs:  
not many beards in evidence there.  
[https://archive.is/20120708110958/http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/CatPix/CatPix.html](https://archive.is/20120708110958/http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/CatPix/CatPix.html)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-who-came-up-with-our-popular-image-of-jesus/787006/24 "2017-06-27T17:47:11Z")

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> [@Biffster](#):
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> Hmmm, that’s odd…never saw him as having so many legs.
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> [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170618/70cf7d81853a84652e6d385f8468ecb5.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170618/70cf7d81853a84652e6d385f8468ecb5.jpg)

Jesus is coming back and boy is he _ticked_

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