This is a purported word picture of our Blessed Lord, written of Him while He was yet on earth, and is on the Civic Records of the Romans, who were in power in the Holy Land at that time, hence quite authentic as a matter of history. This remarkable letter is supposed to have been written to the Roman Senate by Publiius Lentulius, then President in Judea, about A.D.33, and was published in the Meadville, Pennsylvania Republican in 1873.
"There lives at this time in Judea, Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians esteem as a prophet, but His followers love and adore Him as the offspring of the immortal high God. He calls the dead from their graves, and heals all sorts of diseases with a word or a touch. He is a tall man and well shaped, of an amiable and reverend aspect. His hair of a colour that can hardly be matched, falling into graceful curls, waving about and very agreeably crouching upon His shoulders, parted on the crown of the head, running as a stream to the front after the manner of the Nazarites. His forehead high, large and imposing; His cheeks a lovely red nose and mouth formed with exquisite symmetry; his beard thick and of a color suitable to the hair and part in in the middle like a fork; His eyes bright blue, blear and serene; look innocent, dignified, manly and mature; His hands and arms most delectable to behold.
"He rebukes with majesty, counsels with mildness; His whole address, whether in word or deed, being eloquent and grave. No man has seen Him laugh, yet his manners are exceedingly pleasant, but he has wept frequently in the presence of men.
"He is temperate, modest and wise - a man for His extraordinary beauty and divine perfections - surpassing the children of men in every sense"
Stunning. Even if it's not authentic, it makes for a stark word picture, rather than an Idol to worship.
tH!
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