How Tall Was Jesus? His Height and Weight (Revealed)

How Tall was the Lord Jesus Christ? 

What did the Lord Jesus Christ look like? Was He over six feet tall in height?

In modern times, people are very fascinated with how people look. Today, we're going to look at the Lord's height and weight from a biblical and historical perspective.

It's important to note here that The Bible doesn't say precisely in the New Testament or the Old Testament how tall The Lord Jesus was.

Educated Guesses On The Lord Jesus' Height From Across The Web

• The new consensus is that He's about 5'1" to 5'5" tall 
• The Lord Jesus was probably not physically tall in height. This is the belief of most scholars who have studied the heights of men during the time of The Lord Jesus. 
• Some believe He was probably around 5 feet 1 inch tall and this is based on the average height of men in that area at that time. Since according to Isaiah, He didn't have any form or comeliness(attractiveness) it would follow that He wasn't remarkably tall.
• Some scholars even believe he was about 5'7"(1.70m) tall. Many previously had Him around 6 feet tall based on The Shroud of Turin
• How Did The Lord Jesus look? Based on the prevailing consensus at the time of this writing, however, most scholars believe He was around 5 foot 5 inches tall in height.

And so, while it may be a bit difficult to pinpoint His exact height, we can make some historical and biblical surmisings on the topic of the height or stature of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's use understanding to figure out how tall He probably was!

The Lord Jesus' Height From A Biblical Perspective

How Tall Was Jesus based on Scripture?

1. It is not known from the biblical record how tall the Lord Jesus was but if we look at the average height of men in that time in that part of the world, The Lord Jesus' may have been around 5'1"-5'7" tall.
2. You might say that He could have been taller, but if we go based on Scripture, he didn't have form or comeliness or nothing that would cause people to be attracted to Him or single Him out.This is found in Isaiah 53:2. We can therefore assume that the Lord Jesus was probably not physically tall, which is contrary to the surmising of the Shroud of Turin 3D Model of the body of The Lord Jesus which has Him at 5'11"-6' tall, a full 6 inches taller than the average man of The Lord's Day. This is another piece of evidence against The Shroud of Turin which is not accepted by many biblical scholars, including myself, as authentic.
3. So taking this biblical reference and the historical evidence we can assume that the Lord was around the average height. 

Historical Evidence of The Lord Jesus' Weight and The Weight of His cross.

How heavy was the Lord Jesus? 

• Some historians believe He was maybe 142 pounds. 
• Other historians have estimated his weight between 100-130 pounds. 
• So the Lord Jesus was probably around 5'1- 5'5" and between 100-130 pounds or between 45kg to 64kg.

Side note: How heavy was the cross of The Lord Jesus Christ?

• The exact weight of Jesus' cross is a matter of historical and theological debate.
• In 1870, Charles Rohault de Fleury determined that The Lord Jesus cross weighed 165 pounds.
• However other historians have the weight of the cross around 300 pounds (136 Kilograms).

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What Was The Lord Jesus Christ's height? Isaiah 53 (Old Testament)Talks About The Physical Appearance of The Lord Jesus Christ 

• Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
• 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
• 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
• 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

The Lord's Height Conclusion

We hope that you've enjoyed our article on how tall The Lord Jesus was.

So what was the Lord Jesus Christ's height? 

• While we can't say definitely how tall He was, we can assume he was as tall as the average man in that area and time, making Him about 5'1"- 5'5" tall in height.

Sidenote: How Tall was Goliath? 

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