[metmom]

Well, I'll tell you, I know people who if you take a look at them, aren't particularly attractive, but what they have inside shines through and I wouldn't change the way they look for anything in the world. I love them as they are.That said, as far as the bread being plucked, it was prophesied in Isaiah....

Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

[GeronL]

if you are wondering what he looked like the answer is it does not matter a hill of beans

[21twelve]

Thanks for the verse. Interesting - I had never heard that before. Seems the plucking of the beard was punishment for blasphemy. Obviously that was what Jesus was accused of. I couldn’t find a good image about it with regard to the shroud. Also debate if it meant the entire beard, or chunks of the beard.

Also of interest that the plucking of the beard is not recorded in the Gospels from what little I read. Obviously it happened, as it is in Isaiah - but for some reason not mentioned in the NT. Unless you know of something.