France Info reports a statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Jesus’ physical appearance.

The paper quotes me about what Jesus may have looked like. Jesus was an Oriental and, as such, probably looked more like people from the Middle-East rather than the blond, blue-eyed stereotype sometimes represented in the West.

You can read the paper here (PDF archive).

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