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AnswerWe actually don't have much proof on what type of hair Jesus had, but historians believe do too the time period and location his hair was most likely short. It's never mentioned in The Bible. Those paintings are just the way artists think he looked like, and the common look of man. answerNumbers 6:5No razor shall come upon his [a Nazarite's] head. He shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair on his head grow.Judges 135For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son [Samson]; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite.1 Samuel 111I will give him [Samuel] unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

The above three verses relate to persons other than the Jesus of the New Testament. 1Cor 11 v 14 is to do with customs in the New Testament church not the Old Testament, so all of them would have to be radically decontextualised to apply here.

Further CommentThe first answerer says it all quite well. I think also that illustrators tend to want to make their subject (particularly Jesus) appealing. Yet the Bible tells us in Isaiah that he was not of handsome appearance. Some, if they have thought about it at all may have judged that men in Jesus time wore their hair long. I am not sure if this is really so.

Please consider these:

1Co 11:14-15

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

In Galatians 3 verses 24-25

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

and Acts 13 verse 39

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

and Romans 10 verse 4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

SO, JESUS CHRIST SHOULD BE PORTRAYED OR DESCRIBED AS SHORT HAIRED AND CLEAN SHAVEN!

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It is as the word of God teaches. 1 Cor. chapter 11 verse 14

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Q: If long hair is shameful 1 Corinthians 11 v14 why then is Jesus portrayed with long hair?
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Where in the Bible does it say that a womens hair is her glory?

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