Was Jesus A Hippie?

Was Jesus a hippie?

This page goes over the subject of "Long hair Jesus".

Most pictures you see in our society of Jesus are of a pale, skinny,

stylish long hair, dress wearing wuss Jesus.

I don't think Jesus looked anything like what we have conjured up in our culture.

The Nazarite vow (Num.6) , which most people think Jesus took, was a vow of sanctification,

to set oneself apart for God.

It's ground rules were:

1. No drinking any strong drink (beer) and/or wine.

Jesus did drink wine. Actually His first miracle was being the best bartender ever at a huge wedding party (John 2:1-11, Matt. 11:19) Being a jew, jews were not forbidden to drink wine. Jesus drank! BUT, never got drunk. The Bible says He made wine to gladden the heart of man (Ps. 104:14-15).

2. You could not go near dead bodies or dead animals.

We all know Jesus went around dead bodies. (John 11:38-44, Matt. 9:18-26)

3. You couldn't cut your hair.

Long hair on men at that time (apart from a temporary vow) was considered a disgrace. For the reason of gender confusion. In that culture at that time it was shameful for men to wear long hair because it was the glory of woman. The girls wore the long hair. In our day it doesn't matter, it's not looked at as an issue. It was cultural. (1 Corinthians 11: 14-15)

Anyone can see Jesus was from Nazareth but never took a Nazarite vow. Is His time it would have been proper or normal for him to have short hair. Not saying that long hair for a guy is bad

or anything, but in that day it was looked at as shameful and gender blurring.

Jesus wasn't a wuss! He was a carpenter. His hands were more than likely cracked and dry. He walked everywhere and had to be in good shape. Something I always thought of was, He was beaten with a flagellum(whip) which at the ends had pieces of bone,metal balls, or glass, 39 times or lashes. As accurately depicted in the movie "the Passion", most men died during scourging. Jesus went through that and more. THAT'S MANLY.

Jesus was the dude of dudes. He was a Man's man.

This is what i think Jesus looked like. Normal, and Jewish.