Hi JY friends, When I was in college and I was attending a retreat one of the priest had read us a letter giving us a description of Jesus. Recently there was an article on Ragging and one of our friends said that Jesus would want us to take part in the ragging and have fun as everyone else does. And this letter came to mind. The Letter which is a brief description really touched me at that time and so I thought I'd look and see if I could find it on the net and I did. When ever I read this description of Jesus I am really moved. Hope you like it too
Here it is. Jesus description in a Roman letter from the Vatican Library. **************************************************************** I'm quoting from the book They Walked with Jesus by Dolores Cannon. In Jesus and the Essenes I quoted from The Archko Volume, a little- known book written by Drs McIntoch and Twyman, printed in 1887. These men had discovered written reports in the Vatican Library dealing with Christ. One of these contained a description of Jesus that remarkably coincides with the descriptions given by the various subjects. After Jesus and the Essenes was printed I came across another letter which contained a similar description.This startling document was also discovered in the Vatican Library. It was supposedly written to the Roman Senate at the time of Christ by Publius Lentulus, then Roman proconsul in Judaea, a predecessor and friend of Pontius Pilate. The following is his description of Jesus. This is a man of noble and well-proportioned stature, with a face full of kindness and firmness, so that the beholders both love him and fear him. His hair is the colour of wine (probably tawny) and golden at the root- straight and without lustre- but from the level of the ears curling and glossy, and divided down the centre after the fashion of the Nazarenes. His forehead is even and smooth. His face without blemish and enhanced by a tempered bloom; his countenance ingenuous and kind; his beard full, of the same colour as his hair, and forked in form; his eyes blue and extremely brilliant. In reproof and rebuke he is formidable; in exhortation and teaching gentle and amiable of tongue. None have seen him to laugh, but many, of the contrary, to weep. His person is tall; his hands beautiful and straight. In speaking he is deliberate and grave and little given to loquacity; in beauty surpassing most men. Love Your sister in Christ Meena _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
