We do know that Jesus was probably in his early 30s when he began his ministry and would not have had long hair.
The comment about length of hair is divorced from history and the realities of that day.
In fact, Jesus of Nazaruth could very well have been wearing hair down to his shoulders at a maximum and certainly past his ears minimally.
It takes very few web searches to discover this but, as a child I was not allowed to be a teacher for 3rd grade bible studies, as my hair was about 3/4 of an inch past the top of my ears.
I wore my hair that way to cover what is called a Darwinian Lobe, which other kids would make fun of and call me “Spock”. Didn’t care about the Spock comment but, wanted to be my own person.
The point of how a man or woman ought to dress has to with removing ambiguity and confusion about your gender.
For instance, during Christ’s time nearly everyone wore robes. Today, we associate robes with women.
However, it begs then “What was the difference between men’s clothing and women’s, as well, the difference between their hair?”
On the issue of clothing it would amount to cut and design of the clothing that more closely matches the body types of men and women respectively.
Additionally, the adornment of effeminate qualities that, really, chicks would be expected to wear and would be odd for a man to wear.
The same can be said for how a man wears his hair and the way a woman wears hers.
I have a 4-year-old grandson who is presently at the stage of delineating what is appropriate behavior and appearance for boys vs. girls. Recently, I was reading to him a book about God and the angels.
When he saw a picture of God the Father, in which He was depicted with a long white beard and long white hair, he made no comment. But when we turned to a picture of Jesus, my little sweet pea wanted to know why Jesus had long hair in the picture, as it made him look like a girl.
I tried to explain to the child that long hair was in style for men when Jesus was on the Earth. In all earnestness, my grandson asked, “Well, don’t they have any barbers up there?”
The comment about length of hair is divorced from history and the realities of that day.
1 cor 11
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Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
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But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.