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What color hair did Jesus have?
The Bible does not tell us precisely what color hair Jesus had. But since Jesus was a Jew, He most likely had dark hair and olive complexion. Many pictures of Jesus depict Him with light hair. They are fictional and inaccurate. Since Jesus looked very ordinary within His culture and country, He would not have had blond hair. His hair was very likely dark like most Hebraic Jews and people of the region where He lived.



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What food did Jesus eat?

While we don’t know all the foods Jesus ate, we know He ate as an ordinary person of His day and His culture. He ate fish, bread, lamb, drank wine and His meals would have included the typical spices of that culture. He enjoyed the cooking of His friends Mary and Martha. He ate with Matthew the tax collector and seemed to enjoy fine food. He probably ate the same way as anyone else at that time in that country.

The Bible shows that Jesus was not a vegetarian. He ate fish with His disciples on several occasions. We see this in the Gospel of John chapter 21 when He cooked and ate fish again with His disciples after He was resurrected from the dead. He would have likely eaten lamb at the Passover supper. He ate an ordinary diet the same as the average person in His country and of that era. 



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Did Jesus have a home?

The Bible shows that Jesus lived in the home of his parents in Nazareth, in Israel when he was young. When Jesus was a man, however, the New Testament Bible teaches us that He had no fixed home since he traveled around preaching, teaching and healing.

"Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." (Luke 9:58 in the New Testament Bible, NKJV) .

But as a child, and probably as a young man, Jesus’s home was with his mother and adoptive father in Nazareth. This is seen in both the New Testament which historicizes and recounts Jesus’ life, but also in the Old Testament Bible which points to the coming Messiah and shows where He would live.

Click here to read that Jesus was brought up in Nazareth.

Jesus lived and ministered in Judea, Galiliee, Jerusalem in Northern Israel. Click here to see a map. 

The New Testament Bible depicts Jesus as an adult traveling, teaching, preaching, healing and ministering and shows that He had no set place to lay His head. His travels took him to the countries and towns surrounding Jerusalem, including Samaria, Jordan, Perea, Capernaum. Click here for more details.



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Why did Jesus die?
The Bible shows that Jesus lived in the home of his parents in Nazareth, in Israel when he was young. When Jesus was a man, however, the New Testament Bible teaches us that He had no fixed home since he traveled around preaching, teaching and healing.

"Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." (Luke 9:58 in the New Testament Bible, NKJV) .

But as a child, and probably as a young man, Jesus’s home was with his mother and adoptive father in Nazareth. This is seen in both the New Testament which historicizes and recounts Jesus’ life, but also in the Old Testament Bible which points to the coming Messiah and shows where He would live.

Click here to read that Jesus was brought up in Nazareth:
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/life-of-jesus-ancient/biography-of-jesus-christ/who-is-Jesus-by-luke/gospel-of-luke-4_14-30.php

Jesus lived and ministered in Judea, Galiliee, Jerusalem in Northern Israel. Click here to see a map:  http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/GIFS/palestine100.gif

The New Testament Bible depicts Jesus as an adult traveling, teaching, preaching, healing and ministering and shows that He had no set place to lay His head. His travels took him to the countries and towns surrounding Jerusalem, including Samaria, Jordan, Perea, Caperneum. Click here for more details:
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/historical-jesus/jesus-lifetime.php



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What trade did Jesus do?

According to the New Testament Bible, Jesus followed the trade of His adopted father ,Joseph. He was a carpenter.



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Did Jesus work to earn money?
The Bible does not tell whether or not Jesus specifically worked to earn money. We do know that He followed His adopted father, Joesph’s, trade and was a carpenter. Therefore, at that time, He probably earned money.  It is likely then that He worked at different times as a carpenter to earn money.

He did not preach, heal or minister to earn money. There is nothing in the Bible to suggest this.

We know that Jesus trusted His heavenly Father to provide His needs. We do not know specifically if that included working at times once He had entered His full-time ministry.



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Where is the body of Jesus now?

The body of Jesus cannot be found on earth because it was resurrected and He is now in Heaven with a resurrected body. The New Testament Bible clearly shows that no one will ever find the body or the bones of Jesus on earth.

Jesus said He is the resurrection and the life, according to the Gospel of John chapter 11, verse 35 in the New Testament Bible.

According to the Bible Christians together form the “body of Christ.” Jesus was the Christ so this is relevant to understand where His body is now. In other words, His physical body has been resurrected and is in Heaven in a resurrected state. But His Spirit lives on through the body of believers on earth who have invited Him to be their savior.

This concept can be verified throughout the Bible. Here are some key verses from the Bible on the idea of Jesus’s followers making up the body of Christ today.
See Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4)



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Who killed Jesus?
Jesus was nailed to the cross by Roman soldiers who were ordered to kill Him in this horrific way.

However, the killing of Jesus involves the lives of many people.

First and foremost, both Old and New Testament Bible show that Jesus could have saved Himself from dying since He was able to perform many miracles. He had saved others and could have saved Himself. He chose not to because He was born to die for the sins or wrongdoings of mankind.

Consider these verses which help us see that although people killed Jesus, He also chose to die for the salvation of mankind:
“…being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:8, NKJV).
Jesus ‘died for all” (2 Corinthians 5:15).
Jesus “died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Jesus “died for us” (1 Thessalonians 5:10).
“And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins…” (1 John 2:2). This means that Jesus stood in the place of mankind to pay for the sins/wrongdoings of all mankind.
The Gospel of John in the New Testament shows us that Jesus died willingly:
“…I lay down my life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. This is the command I received from My Father” (John 10:17 & 18, NKJV).

He was originally brought to the soldiers by the Jewish religious leaders of the day. Then He was tried by Pontius Pilate who found Him not guilty. Pilate gave the people an opportunity to free Jesus but the religious leaders stirred the crowds up inciting them to shout “Crucify Him!” Pilate could perhaps have stopped this but for political reasons  he didn’t want to cause an uproar with the people which could have jeopardized his career.

Thus, because mankind has erred and turned away from God, he is a wrongdoer (sinner). Jesus crucifixion came about after the request of the religious leaders and the people in the crowd. He was executed by Roman soldiers. But according to the Bible, it is the wrongdoing (sins) of mankind that killed Him.



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What did Jesus look like?
According to both the New and Old Testament Bible Jesus was without beauty, or just plain ordinary. He would have been of average, ordinary, Jewish appearance. He was not necessarily attractive or handsome in any human way. He probably looked like a very ordinary Jewish man. In other words, as far as appearance goes, heads would not turn to look at Him for His beauty. He would not stand out in the crowd. Rather, it was His spiritual charisma, compassion, wisdom, miracles, selflessness and radical statements that drew people to Him.

A relevant and noteworthy verse in the Old Testament Bible is found in Isaiah 53:2:
“…And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him” (NKJV).
The New Testament portrays Jesus’s compassion and love for mankind. His eyes probably reflected that love. His eyes were probably compelling and would have drawn people to Him.



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Who saw Jesus risen?

According to the New Testament Gospels, two women, both called Mary, saw Jesus risen as well as 11 of His disciples.

You can read Matthew 28 in the New Testament to see more about Jesus being risen.

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