Ah, good. Christ's beard is biblical.
So, how did I know that Christ had a beard? Did I wonder about His beard till you showed me the Isaiah verse? Or did I read about his masculinity in the Gospels and interpreted that into an image of a bearded man? Or maybe -- and that is the factual truth in my case -- look at an icon of a Savior?
Do Protestants wait till they read Isaiah before they make those pictures where Christ invariably looks like a bearded Swede back from a beach vacation?
Most translations of Isaiah have "cheeks", not "beard" (I will spare myself going to the Hebrew original at this moment). Wouldn't "plucking the cheeks" require interpretation? Shouldn't we translate "plucking" as "pinching" and deduce that Christ did NOT have a beard?
Questions, questions ...
***look at an icon of a Savior? ***
Your early icons are beardless.
I guess the later icon-makers read the scriptures and made appropriate corrections!