The new testament states that a warrant was issued for the arrest of Jesus and that Judas was the man that turned him in.
This warrant would have carried a description of the man that called himself the king of the Jews, however this description did not find it's way into the Bible.
This seem's a bit odd in particular since after all it would be interesting to know what the messiah really looked like.
I mean, think about it, if you had the chance to record the events of a man of such importance would you not include a description of his image?
The appearance of Jesus has been a subject of disscusion amongst many JW's (and other christians aswell I'm sure) and I remember many such occassions when the topic was being discussed and needles to say the opinions on this matter differed greatly.
The one opinion however that usually prevailed was that of a strong well built man, after all he was a carpenter etc...
As I said there is no such description in the Bible, however, it was reported by Josephus in his "capture of Jerusalem".
Now, I don't know whether this report is a genuine one or not, maybe JH can throw some light on that, but a copy of Josephus description has survived in slavonic texts and it paints a picture quite at odds with the image many people have painted for themselves:
'...a man of simple appearance, mature age, dark skin, small stature, three cubits high, hunchbacked with a long face, long nose, and meeting eyebrows, so that they who see him might be affrighted, with scanty hair with a parting in the middle of his head, after the manner of the Nazarites, and with an undeveloped beard.'
Holy schmozzle! this sounds more like Quasimodo than Jesus.
Three cubits would put Jesus under four foot six, could this really be accurate?
According to the Acts of John (excluded from the Bible) it say's of Jesus:
'...I was afraid and cried out, and he, turning about, appeared as a man of small stature...'
Luke 19:3 tells about when Zaccheus tried to spot Quasi.. hmm.. Jesus in a crowd but he couldn't because someone was of low stature:
'...And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and he could not for the crowd, because he was of low stature.'
Now whether that was zaccheus or Jesus with a low stature I don't know you have to make up your own mind on that one.
In light of this maybe a reading of Isiah 53 would confirm that Jesus indeed was of the "quasimodo type class", in my own humble opinion he would need to be to fulfill the prophesy.
THP of the higher class