There is no mention in the bible of him being tall and 5'9" would have been very tall indeed at that time. Likewise, when we think of Napoleon as short and often go on about the "short man syndrome" he was actually of perfectly average height for his time and is only short compared to today's heights (which is obviously not a valid comparison).
An average man around Jesus' time would have been about 5'3".
Yes! Jesus was probably mad short. If he'd been really tall (which 5'9 would've been at that time, and 6' would've been freakishly so), it probably would've been mentioned at some point.
Is it normal to hear that Jesus was 6' tall?
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There is no mention in the bible of him being tall and 5'9" would have been very tall indeed at that time. Likewise, when we think of Napoleon as short and often go on about the "short man syndrome" he was actually of perfectly average height for his time and is only short compared to today's heights (which is obviously not a valid comparison).
An average man around Jesus' time would have been about 5'3".
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Yes! Jesus was probably mad short. If he'd been really tall (which 5'9 would've been at that time, and 6' would've been freakishly so), it probably would've been mentioned at some point.