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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#52 · Quote Reply

In the book of Matthew, it says he rode two donkeys. Matthew and Luke copy a lot of stuff from Mark, which was written first. The donkey story is there to fulfill prophesy. It was prophesied that the messiah would ride a donkey into Jerusalem. It also said he would be a king and vanquish their enemies and rule in peace and prosperity, but the New Testament authors figured riding a donkey was cl...

Was it jean Claude van-damme style with him doing the splits between them?

Was thinking exact same thing reading this comment, and now I can't get that thought out of my mind

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#53 · Quote Reply

Except his dad was a carpenter, so he probably had some excess lumber hookups for building oversized furniture..

Yeah but have you ever had a parent deliver furniture for you while you're couch surfing? Especially in your 30s

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-07-03
#54 · Quote Reply

I'd let Jesus ride my ass

Are you ready for his coming?

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-02-20
#55 · Quote Reply

he had a pair of them You mean at least two of them. All we know for sure is more than one.

Is that why Mary was so into him?

Cause he was a shlong tripod?

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Honytawk discuss.tchncs.de Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-02-20
#56 · Quote Reply

According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

That is on average I presume?

Maybe the donkey was on steroids.

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Duhtocqueville ttrpg.network Duhtocqueville@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2026-07-22
#57 · Quote Reply

I'm over here trying to imagine the possibility that Jesus didn't have a beard.

So John the Baptiste was a nazarite and they don’t cut their hair or trim their beard. Jesus takes over John’s mission, and there no lines from Jesus explaining why his hair is trimmed or excusing hair or anything. I know it’s popular to note there’s no reason to think Jesus was a nazarite but fundamentally I think we can conclude he likely was.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#58 · Quote Reply

Yeah but have you ever had a parent deliver furniture for you while you're couch surfing? Especially in your 30s

This one time, my dad skipped the middle man and just delivered the couch with me already living on it

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Fleur_ aussie.zone Fleur_@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-04-23
#59 · Quote Reply

Are you ready for his coming?

I'm on my knees every night begging for it

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GloriousGasHole piefed.social GloriousGasHole@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-03
#60 · Quote Reply

Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

I think Jesus was a Witcher.

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Kalothar lemmy.ca Kalothar@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-20
#61 · Quote Reply

Did he yell kamehameha?

They didn’t have words for it then, but that was the 7 stars in his right hand

All hail Ultra Instinct Jesus, Amen

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eestileib sh.itjust.works eestileib@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-01
#62 · Quote Reply

Nailed it.

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Jerkface (any/all) lemmy.ca jerkface@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
#63 · Quote Reply

He had at least two arms.

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
#64 · Quote Reply

They didn’t have words for it then, but that was the 7 stars in his right hand All hail Ultra Instinct Jesus, Amen

I thought the seven stars alluded to the dragon balls? It's been a while since I studied Scripture though

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#65 · (edited) Quote Reply

Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

Yeah but that's Revelation. So it's like when Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White. It doesn't mean his hair was always white.

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
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#66 · Quote Reply

So John the Baptiste was a nazarite and they don’t cut their hair or trim their beard. Jesus takes over John’s mission, and there no lines from Jesus explaining why his hair is trimmed or excusing hair or anything. I know it’s popular to note there’s no reason to think Jesus was a nazarite but fundamentally I think we can conclude he likely was.

What if Jesus was one og those dudes who can't grow a full beard? We will never know

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rumschlumpel feddit.org rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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#67 · Quote Reply

He fit on a cross. I assume those were fairly standard in size. The Roman’s seemed like real schticklers for detail and order. I can’t see them going to Barney’s Discount Cross Emporium to save a few drachma.

I think they'd rather construct a plus-size cross than not crucify someone properly.

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Whats_your_reasoning lemmy.world Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-22
#68 · (edited) Quote Reply

Rev 1:14-16, New International Version has Jean-Baptiste's account of Jesus's appearance: 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His ...

White hair, "blazing" eyes, a shining bright face... did Jesus have albinism (with sunburned feet)?

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mefisdo_dot_info lemmy.ca mefisdo_dot_info@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-10-11
#69 · Quote Reply

He could walk on water, does that give a lower limit on mass?

Yeah, everyone here seems to forget magic was involved here. For all we know he could have been 12' tall and light as a feather, with retractable beard and 5 legs.

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j5y7 sh.itjust.works j5y7@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-02-19
#70 · Quote Reply

He is whatever you imagine him to be. You just gotta have louder faith than everyone else.

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TachyonTele_Esq piefed.social TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-06-29
#71 · Quote Reply

I think we can be pretty sure that he was no T-Rex though. I've never seen someone try, but I'm confident that you can't crucify them with their short arms.

You really had me going at first. But then you dropped the truth bomb in that last sentence.

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TachyonTele_Esq piefed.social TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
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#72 · Quote Reply

It's like looking into the past

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TachyonTele_Esq piefed.social TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
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#73 · Quote Reply

What if Jesus was one og those dudes who can't grow a full beard? We will never know

God wasn't focusing on beards when visited that season.

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FreddiesLantern leminal.space FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-09-19
#74 · Quote Reply

There's also the whole three in one thing.

So probably a bit overweight at least.

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redjard reddthat.com Redjard@reddthat.com
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#75 · Quote Reply

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Madison420 lemmy.world Madison420@lemmy.world
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#76 · Quote Reply

The temple market he overturned tables at isn't covered and wasn't then either. No upper limit, bigger than a baby but we can infer smaller than a planetary body to some extent. The temple is technically just the largish building in the middle.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
#77 · Quote Reply

That doesn't really say much wrt size, though..

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Albbi piefed.ca albbi@piefed.ca
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#78 · Quote Reply

In the book of Matthew, it says he rode two donkeys. Matthew and Luke copy a lot of stuff from Mark, which was written first. The donkey story is there to fulfill prophesy. It was prophesied that the messiah would ride a donkey into Jerusalem. It also said he would be a king and vanquish their enemies and rule in peace and prosperity, but the New Testament authors figured riding a donkey was cl...

That was a damn fine rabbit hole to go down just to get to the point of setting the upperbound of the Jesus size limit to 160kg.

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prettybunnys piefed.social prettybunnys@piefed.social
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#79 · Quote Reply

Mfer was just hunting dragon balls

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Quantenteilchen discuss.tchncs.de Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de
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#80 · Quote Reply

According to the internet, a grown ass donkey can carry up to around 80kg, and the good book says Jesus was riding one, so we should assume this is somewhat the upper limit for his mass

So what are his density extremes based on this?
(I am too lazy and hungry to do that calculation right now. Besides, just because I know he was "smaller than a temple" does not mean I know the likely size of that temple to get a true volume bound...)

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wonderingwanderer sopuli.xyz wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-12-31
#81 · Quote Reply

The XKCD hyphen bot is one thing I absolutely do not miss about Reddit.

We need that here.

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WorldsDumbestMan lemmy.today WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
Joined: 2024-12-05
#82 · Quote Reply

That doesn't really say much wrt size, though..

It is my undisputed and always right opinion...

...that he must have been a pretty large dude to carry that cross.

So about as big as an Elepanth. That is smaller than a temple.

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-07-03
#83 · Quote Reply

So what are his density extremes based on this? (I am too lazy and hungry to do that calculation right now. Besides, just because I know he was "smaller than a temple" does not mean I know the likely size of that temple to get a true volume bound...)

Good question. Low enough density would explain the water walking

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turdburglar piefed.social turdburglar@piefed.social
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#84 · Quote Reply

i don’t remember from which book, but i have a memory from catholic school of his hair being described in the bible as “wooly”. did i make that up?

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Slashme lemmy.world Slashme@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-24
#85 · Quote Reply

I'm on my knees every night begging for it

The second coming:

Oh my god! I'm coming! Again!

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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#86 · (edited) Quote Reply

So what are his density extremes based on this? (I am too lazy and hungry to do that calculation right now. Besides, just because I know he was "smaller than a temple" does not mean I know the likely size of that temple to get a true volume bound...)

It's been said he's pretty holy, so probably not very dense.

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blibla slrpnk.net blibla@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-09-12
#87 · Quote Reply

He fit on a cross. I assume those were fairly standard in size. The Roman’s seemed like real schticklers for detail and order. I can’t see them going to Barney’s Discount Cross Emporium to save a few drachma.

*denarius

drachma is the greek one

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BillionaireStew lemmy.world BillionaireStew@lemmy.world
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#88 · Quote Reply

That he was not attractive the bible makes quite clear.

  • when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (KJV)

  • He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. (NIV)

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Isaiah 53%3A2

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Lovable Sidekick lemmy.world LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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#89 · (edited) Quote Reply

American here - babies, temples...? Enough of your metric system insanity, I need this in football fields.

Anyway, we do know Jesus wasn't poor. The Wedding at Cana was a very upscale event - based on the specific types and amounts of expensive anointing oils mentioned in the text. "A poor carpenter's son" would have been there waiting tables for some extra money. Being a guest tells us he rubbed shoulders with some high rollers. His father Joseph might have been a top craftsman with wealthy clients.

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FavouriteShapes sh.itjust.works FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-06-25
#90 · Quote Reply

This is because looks don't matter

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FavouriteShapes sh.itjust.works FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works
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#91 · Quote Reply

i don’t remember from which book, but i have a memory from catholic school of his hair being described in the bible as “wooly”. did i make that up?

I googled it because it sounded familiar; [book of revelations (https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-hair-like-wool.html) (i.e the bibles "Epilogue"!)

Since he's dead and this is a vision, I think they were actually trying to depict him as literally being a sheep in this passage. His hair is not just wooly but white, too.

Jesus was compared to a lamb so often because jewish tradition had lambs slaughtered on passover, for eating. He is "the sacrificial lamb" - Jesus's crucifixion was seen as him sacrificing himself on passover, if I understand correctly. I only mention this because it's one of the interesting elements of the religion that people don't fully understand the significance of because its actually rooted in the existing Jewish traditions.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#92 · Quote Reply

Also we know he fit at a dinner table, right?

half a dinner table, i saw the painting

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#93 · Quote Reply

He is whatever you imagine him to be. You just gotta have louder faith than everyone else.

jesus is an anteater

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#94 · Quote Reply

The second coming: Oh my god! I'm coming! Again!

Get behind me, Satan!

Pull my hair, Satan!

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#95 · Quote Reply

Grown ass-donkey

ass grown donkey

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#96 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

maybe he was three swarms of bees in a trenchcoat

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#97 · (edited) Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

maybe Jesus mk 1 was a t-rex (not Korean, like Best Jesus) and didn't have the upper body strength to protect His flock from meteors

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#98 · Quote Reply

Yeah but that's Revelation. So it's like when Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White. It doesn't mean his hair was always white.

i prefer gandalf the mocha. he had goooood hips

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#99 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

and not just one dong. Big Jeezy has dong enough for anyone who wants to borrow a few (See John 6)

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NotASharkInAManSuit lemmy.world NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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#100 · Quote Reply

We know for certain only that Jesus Christ is not a sphere.

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MsPenguinette lemmy.world MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
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#101 · Quote Reply

In reply to an earlier post

Isn't it said that he's made of light? If he was made of photons, would he even have mass? Tho he might be producing raduative pressure

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