{"id":4073,"date":"2024-05-25T07:42:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/how-much-did-jesus-weigh\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T00:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:16:37","slug":"how-much-did-jesus-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/how-much-did-jesus-weigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Wie viel wog Jesus? Die Evangelien beschreiben ihn \u00fcberhaupt nicht"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Gospels never describe what Jesus looked like. No height, no build, no weight, no face \u2014 nothing at all, which for an ancient biography is genuinely strange. What can be said, and how Any estimate is an inference from the population, not from the text. Skeletal remains from first-century Judea and Galilee suggest adult men averaged somewhere around 1.6 to 1.7 metres \u2014 roughly five feet three to five feet seven \u2014 and were lean, because the diet was\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gospels never describe what Jesus looked like \u2014 no height, build or face. For an ancient biography that is strange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6114,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/biblical-debates-how-tall-was-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":4073,"position":0},"title":"Biblical Debates: How tall was Jesus?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Juli 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Curious about how tall was Jesus? 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