https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-suddenly-i-saw-eyes-jesus-face-discovered-in-ancient-israeli-desert-church-1.6640744
This newspaper article makes for an enjoyable, and educational read. The image of Jesus cited here dates to some two hundred years after His death. I will not spoil the read nevertheless will quote from the article, a paragraph informing us that those blue eyed actors playing the role of Jesus in various television, and cinema productions may not have been as far fetched as some would have us believe:
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Jesus is generally shown with brown eyes, based on the general (and probably correct) assumption that he should look like people did in the Middle East 2,000 years ago. Actually, the coastal Levant is thronged with blue-eyed people, going back about 6,500 years to the arrival of Aryan migrants from Iran or southern Turkey, who mixed with the locals. Just based on local norms, Jesus’ eyes could have been anything from blue to hazel-green to brown.
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