What does Jesus look like according to the Bible?

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Manuscripts can be tricky, But I don’t see it.
Σ 17:26 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus
ἐποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

No “blood” is mentioned here, but again, manuscripts🤷‍♂️
 

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Revelation 1:14-16
21st Century King James Version
14 His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 and His feet like unto fine brass, as though they burned in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and His countenance shone as the sun shineth in his strength
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1:14-+16&version=KJ21
There is no crown of thorns on the head of the Risen Jesus. He has many crowns, but none of them are of this earth. Funny how a 21st century bible still uses 17th century English. God has spoken to me about 40 times in my Christian life. Never did He use the KJV or speak like Shakespear.
 
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There is no crown of thorns on the head of the Risen Jesus. He has many crowns, but none of them are of this earth. Funny how a 21st century bible still uses 17th century English. God has spoken to me about 40 times in my Christian life. Never did He use the KJV or speak like Shakespear.
I believe Jesus spoke to everyone in there respected tongue.

On day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit spoke through men. And everyone heard and understood in there native tongue.
 

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Manuscripts can be tricky, But I don’t see it.
Σ 17:26 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus
ἐποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

No “blood” is mentioned here, but again, manuscripts🤷‍♂️

https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/act/17/26/t_conc_1035026

17:26 ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ προσώπον τῆς γῆς ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν



blood αἵματός αἷμα aima
 
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https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/act/17/26/t_conc_1035026

17:26 ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ προσώπον τῆς γῆς ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν



blood αἵματός αἷμα aima
I’m going out on a limb and saying this translation is wrong. Oh boy.
 

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I’m going out on a limb and saying this translation is wrong. Oh boy.

The translation you posted has the same word, blood.

Manuscripts can be tricky, But I don’t see it.
Σ 17:26 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus
ἐποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων, κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν
 

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https://biblehub.com/greek/aimatos_129.htm

αἵματος (haimatos) — 33 Occurrences
Matthew 23:35 N-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ
NAS: on earth, from the blood of righteous
KJV: from the blood of righteous
INT: from the blood of Abel the

Matthew 23:35 N-GNS
GRK: ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ
NAS: Abel to the blood of Zechariah,
KJV: Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son
INT: to the blood of Zechariah son

Matthew 27:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἐπεὶ τιμὴ αἵματός ἐστιν
NAS: since it is the price of blood.
KJV: it is the price of blood.
INT: since [the] price of blood it is

Matthew 27:8 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκεῖνος Ἀγρὸς Αἵματος ἕως τῆς
NAS: the Field of Blood to this day.
KJV: The field of blood, unto
INT: that Field of blood to

Matthew 27:24 N-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τούτου ὑμεῖς
NAS: of this Man's blood; see
KJV: of the blood of this
INT: of the blood of this you

Mark 5:25 N-GNS
GRK: ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος δώδεκα ἔτη
KJV: issue of blood twelve
INT: with a flux of blood twelve years

Mark 5:29 N-GNS
GRK: πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς καὶ
NAS: the flow of her blood was dried
KJV: of her blood was dried up;
INT: flow of the blood of her and

Luke 8:43 N-GNS
GRK: ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν
KJV: having an issue of blood twelve years,
INT: with a flux of blood for years

Luke 8:44 N-GNS
GRK: ῥύσις τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς
KJV: her issue of blood stanched.
INT: flux of the blood of her

Luke 11:51 N-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ αἵματος Ἅβελ ἕως
NAS: from the blood of Abel to the blood
KJV: From the blood of Abel unto
INT: from the blood of Abel to

Luke 11:51 N-GNS
GRK: Ἅβελ ἕως αἵματος Ζαχαρίου τοῦ
NAS: of Abel to the blood of Zechariah,
KJV: unto the blood of Zacharias,
INT: of Abel to the blood of Zechariah the [one]

Luke 22:44 N-GNS
GRK: ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ
NAS: drops of blood, falling down
KJV: great drops of blood falling down
INT: as great drops of blood falling down to

Acts 1:19 N-GNS
GRK: ἔστιν Χωρίον Αἵματος
NAS: Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
KJV: that is to say, The field of blood.
INT: is field of blood

Acts 15:20 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ τοῦ αἵματος
NAS: and from what is strangled and from blood.
KJV: and [from] blood.
INT: and from blood

Acts 15:29 N-GNS
GRK: εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνικτῶν
NAS: from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled
KJV: and from blood, and
INT: from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled

Acts 20:26 N-GNS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων
NAS: innocent of the blood of all men.
KJV: [am] pure from the blood of all [men].
INT: from the blood of all

Acts 20:28 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου
NAS: He purchased with His own blood.
KJV: with his own blood.
INT: with blood the own
 

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1 Corinthians 10:16 N-GNS
GRK: ἐστὶν τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ χριστοῦ
NAS: a sharing in the blood of Christ?
KJV: the communion of the blood of Christ?
INT: is it of the blood of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:27 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου
NAS: of the body and the blood of the Lord.
KJV: of the body and blood of the Lord.
INT: and of the blood of the Lord

Ephesians 1:7 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ τὴν
NAS: through His blood, the forgiveness
KJV: his blood, the forgiveness
INT: through the blood of him the

Colossians 1:20 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ
NAS: through the blood of His cross;
KJV: through the blood of his
INT: by the blood of the cross

Hebrews 2:14 N-GNS
GRK: παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν αἵματος καὶ σαρκός
NAS: in flesh and blood, He Himself
KJV: of flesh and blood, he also
INT: children have partaken of blood and of flesh

Hebrews 9:7 N-GNS
GRK: οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος ὃ προσφέρει
NAS: not without [taking] blood, which
KJV: not without blood, which he offered
INT: not without blood which he offers

Hebrews 9:12 N-GNS
GRK: οὐδὲ δι' αἵματος τράγων καὶ
NAS: and not through the blood of goats
KJV: Neither by the blood of goats and
INT: nor by blood of goats and

Hebrews 9:12 N-GNS
GRK: τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ
NAS: His own blood, He entered
KJV: by his own blood he entered in once
INT: the own blood he entered once for all

Hebrews 9:18 N-GNS
GRK: πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐνκεκαίνισται
NAS: without blood.
KJV: without blood.
INT: first apart from blood has been inaugurated

Hebrews 11:28 N-GNS
GRK: πρόσχυσιν τοῦ αἵματος ἵνα μὴ
NAS: and the sprinkling of the blood, so
KJV: the sprinkling of blood, lest
INT: sprinkling of the blood that not

Hebrews 12:4 N-GNS
GRK: Οὔπω μέχρις αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς
NAS: to the point of shedding blood in your striving
KJV: resisted unto blood, striving against
INT: Not yet unto blood resisted you against

Hebrews 13:12 N-GNS
GRK: τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος τὸν λαόν
NAS: His own blood, suffered
KJV: with his own blood, suffered without
INT: the own blood the people

1 Peter 1:2 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
NAS: and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace
KJV: sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
INT: and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ

1 John 5:6 N-GNS
GRK: ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
NAS: by water and blood, Jesus
KJV: water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ;
INT: water and blood Jesus Christ

Revelation 17:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν ἁγίων
NAS: drunk with the blood of the saints,
KJV: with the blood of the saints,
INT: with the blood of the saints

Revelation 17:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν μαρτύρων
NAS: of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses
KJV: with the blood of the martyrs
INT: with the blood of the witnesses
 
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1 Corinthians 10:16 N-GNS
GRK: ἐστὶν τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ χριστοῦ
NAS: a sharing in the blood of Christ?
KJV: the communion of the blood of Christ?
INT: is it of the blood of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:27 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου
NAS: of the body and the blood of the Lord.
KJV: of the body and blood of the Lord.
INT: and of the blood of the Lord

Ephesians 1:7 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ τὴν
NAS: through His blood, the forgiveness
KJV: his blood, the forgiveness
INT: through the blood of him the

Colossians 1:20 N-GNS
GRK: διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ
NAS: through the blood of His cross;
KJV: through the blood of his
INT: by the blood of the cross

Hebrews 2:14 N-GNS
GRK: παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν αἵματος καὶ σαρκός
NAS: in flesh and blood, He Himself
KJV: of flesh and blood, he also
INT: children have partaken of blood and of flesh

Hebrews 9:7 N-GNS
GRK: οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος ὃ προσφέρει
NAS: not without [taking] blood, which
KJV: not without blood, which he offered
INT: not without blood which he offers

Hebrews 9:12 N-GNS
GRK: οὐδὲ δι' αἵματος τράγων καὶ
NAS: and not through the blood of goats
KJV: Neither by the blood of goats and
INT: nor by blood of goats and

Hebrews 9:12 N-GNS
GRK: τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ
NAS: His own blood, He entered
KJV: by his own blood he entered in once
INT: the own blood he entered once for all

Hebrews 9:18 N-GNS
GRK: πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐνκεκαίνισται
NAS: without blood.
KJV: without blood.
INT: first apart from blood has been inaugurated

Hebrews 11:28 N-GNS
GRK: πρόσχυσιν τοῦ αἵματος ἵνα μὴ
NAS: and the sprinkling of the blood, so
KJV: the sprinkling of blood, lest
INT: sprinkling of the blood that not

Hebrews 12:4 N-GNS
GRK: Οὔπω μέχρις αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς
NAS: to the point of shedding blood in your striving
KJV: resisted unto blood, striving against
INT: Not yet unto blood resisted you against

Hebrews 13:12 N-GNS
GRK: τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος τὸν λαόν
NAS: His own blood, suffered
KJV: with his own blood, suffered without
INT: the own blood the people

1 Peter 1:2 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
NAS: and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace
KJV: sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
INT: and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ

1 John 5:6 N-GNS
GRK: ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
NAS: by water and blood, Jesus
KJV: water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ;
INT: water and blood Jesus Christ

Revelation 17:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν ἁγίων
NAS: drunk with the blood of the saints,
KJV: with the blood of the saints,
INT: with the blood of the saints

Revelation 17:6 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν μαρτύρων
NAS: of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses
KJV: with the blood of the martyrs
INT: with the blood of the witnesses
In this case one must make a decision in regards to respect of the manuscripts.
The KJ translators utilized he”Textus Receptus” in the translation of scripture, and I believe it is the most accurate word of God.

But it is not without its faults, the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus are the oldest extant GREEK Uncial Manuscripts, and a overwhelming majority of translations do not render the word “blood” in Act 17:26

However, the Papyri, which were discovered in the 1950's, date back to A.D. 180-220 which are earlier than both the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus (A.D. 330). The Papyri support the reading in the King James Version (from the Textus Receptus). So I’m inclined to use the KJ .
There is a “Letter to the readers” found in the 1611 KJV which touches on issues of translation.

Moreover;
Acts 17:26
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwellon all the face of the earth, and hath determined the timesbefore appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

This can not be true in respect to what we now know concerning biology. Nations or better said races come from DNA, a knowledge that was amiss at the time of Acts. There is much more to be said, but let it suffice that a 7 foot African negro male and and a 6’10 African negro female will never produce a little Korean child.
 

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Revelation 1:14-16
21st Century King James Version
14 His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 and His feet like unto fine brass, as though they burned in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and His countenance shone as the sun shineth in his strength
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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1:14-+16&version=KJ21
If Jesus, and satan were walking together, satan would be the good looking one (Isa 53:2).
 
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now that both the Old Testament and New Testament descriptions of Jesus have been fulfilled, we no LONGER view Him like that. we now View Him as He is and will be Revealed as KING of Kings and LORD of lords with Paul calling Him OUR GREAT GOD and Savior!

as of this Moment, He, Jesus, is the Absolute Most Glorious Image to Behold!

Revelation and Ezekiel describe Him Perfectly upon His Throne!
 
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now that both the Old Testament and New Testament descriptions of Jesus have been fulfilled, we no LONGER view Him like that. we now View Him as He is and will be Revealed as KING of Kings and LORD of lords with Paul calling Him OUR GREAT GOD and Savior!

as of this Moment, He, Jesus, is the Absolute Most Glorious Image to Behold!

Revelation and Ezekiel describe Him Perfectly upon His Throne!
Mark 14:62
But Yeshua said to him, "I AM THE LIVING GOD, and you shall behold The Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of Heaven."
 

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and a overwhelming majority of translations do not render the word “blood” in Act 17:26
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That isn't evidence though. Translations can be biased. Ones like the NIV do not translate accurately from the Greek in many instances. The verse does have the word blood rather than man, so it is from one blood all were made. This is in harmony with the story of the olive branch grafting where gentiles are also branches from an olive tree, rather than other different trees. All humanity is from one blood, human blood.
 
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That isn't evidence though. Translations can be biased. Ones like the NIV do not translate accurately from the Greek in many instances. The verse does have the word blood rather than man, so it is from one blood all were made. This is in harmony with the story of the olive branch grafting where gentiles are also branches from an olive tree, rather than other different trees. All humanity is from one blood, human blood.
If that is to say all races (mankind) come from Adam, I’m sure you know I disagree.
 

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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?(1 Corinthians 11:7;14).

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high(Hebrews 1:3).

A lot of people portray Jesus with long hair but he had short hair for He was in the express image of God, which a man should have short hair for that is the image of God.

Some people will say but what about Samson with his long, flowing, blowing in the wind, shiny, and looking better than Fabio's hair.

But Samson was not in the image of God for after Adam and Eve sinned no person was in the image of God until Jesus came for a person has to be led of the Spirit to be in the image of God.
 

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The Shroud of Turin has His image at the last moment of death as the Glory of the Father flashed within His body and raised Him back to life. His image on the Shroud is somewhat disfigured and swollen in places because of the torture and falling while carrying the cross. There is some distortion since the cloth did not lay entirely evenly on His body. Yet it shows us what He looked like before or as He was raised.

Some excellent portrayals of His face from the Shroud have been done to show what various artists have come up with from the Shroud. You can do a bing search on jesus face images from shroud of turin to see many life-like images.

That shroud is not depicting Christ. It has been proven to be a medieval artifact.

In 1988, radiocarbon dating by three different laboratories established that the shroud's linen material was produced between the years 1260 and 1390 (to a 95% confidence level).

A whole lot of much ado about nothing here
 
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That shroud is not depicting Christ. It has been proven to be a medieval artifact.

In 1988, radiocarbon dating by three different laboratories established that the shroud's linen material was produced between the years 1260 and 1390 (to a 95% confidence level).

A whole lot of much ado about nothing here
Those radiocarbon datings have been disproven. It was also misrepresented at the time of the testing according to documentation that was not released at the time.

Reading a book recently by the man who did blood testing on the Shroud samples for the 1978 STURP study of the Shroud. There is irrefutable evidence of it's authenticity and no one can prove how the Image was made on the Shroud after decades of trying.

It may be easy to say it was proven an artifact but that is ill informed and incorrect. The lead researchers have agreed that it is an authentic relic that cannot be explained with understood science.

His image was left on the Shroud when He was resurrected in a burst of His Father's Glory bringing Him back to life.

There are plenty of books available to study it that can be had for 5 bucks or less.

Based on the Shroud He had shoulder length hair or longer at the time of His crucifixion.
 
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There are also countless YT vids available with the latest information. There is also a site dedicated to the Shroud that an early researcher runs and updates with the latest developments. Have already watched tons of vids and read books etc but will not bore anyone with the immense amount of details.
 
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One nice tidbit is coins were placed on His eyes that show up in the Shroud and were struck during Pontious Pilate's time. The pollen data shows it was in and around Jerusalem at some point. There are images of flowers on the Shroud that have been identified and some only grow around that part of Jerusalem and bloom for a short period during the time He was crucified. There is no way it is fake. That has been debunked by countless details that are in the books.
 
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In the British museum you will find the following…. As for as the legitimacy of the letter, that is for the reader to decide.

The letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar
This is a reprinting of a letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar describing the physical appearance of Jesus. Copies are in the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

TO TIBERIUS CAESAR:
A young man appeared in Galilee preaching with humble unction, a new law in the Name of the God that had sent Him. At first I was apprehensive that His design was to stir up the people against the Romans, but my fears were soon dispelled. Jesus of Nazareth spoke rather as a friend of the Romans than of the Jews. One day I observed in the midst of a group of people a young man who was leaning against a tree, calmly addressing the multitude. I was told it was Jesus. This I could easily have suspected so great was the difference between Him and those who were listening to Him. His golden colored hair and beard gave to his appearance a celestial aspect. He appeared to be about 30 years of age. Never have I seen a sweeter or more serene countenance. What a contrast between Him and His bearers with their black beards and tawny complexions! Unwilling to interrupt Him by my presence, I continued my walk but signified to my secretary to join the group and listen. Later, my secretary reported that never had he seen in the works of all the philosophers anything that compared to the teachings of Jesus. He told me that Jesus was neither seditious nor rebellious, so we extended to Him our protection. He was at liberty to act, to speak, to assemble and to address the people. This unlimited freedom provoked the Jews -- not the poor but the rich and powerful.
Later, I wrote to Jesus requesting an interview with Him at the Praetorium. He came. When the Nazarene made His appearance I was having my morning walk and as I faced Him my feet seemed fastened with an iron hand to the marble pavement and I trembled in every limb as a guilty culprit, though he was calm. For some time I stood admiring this extraordinary Man. There was nothing in Him that was repelling, nor in His character, yet I felt awed in His presence. I told Him that there was a magnetic simplicity about Him and His personality that elevated Him far above the philosophers and teachers of His day.
Now, Noble Sovereign, these are the facts concerning Jesus of Nazareth and I have taken the time to write you in detail concerning these matters. I say that such a man who could convert water into wine, change death into life, disease into health; calm the stormy seas, is not guilty of any criminal offense and as others have said, we must agree -- truly this is the Son of God.
Your most obedient servant,
Pontius Pilate​