“Question & Answer”

Question:
What do we know of Paul’s physical appearance?
Answer:
Physical appearance In the Acts of Paul he is described as “A man of small stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked”. In the Latin version of the Acts of Paul and Thecla “written about A. D. 150”, it is added that he had a red, florid face. He was a bald-headed, bowlegged short man with a big nose, and an unbroken eyebrow that lay across his forehead like a dead caterpillar. That’s a paraphrase. It’s from the only physical description of Paul, in an early Christian document, the Acts of Paul. Even while Paul was carrying on his ministry, some fleshly critics charged that “his presence in person [was] weak and his speech contemptible.” ( 2 Cor. 10:10 NIV: For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”) But we should not forget that he became a Christian by a miraculous display from Jesus.