Thursday tickle – how do we know that Jesus does not have a beard?
By Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector’sson
Well, it’s like this. Did you know that in Hebrew the letter ש is either:
שׁ
with a dot over the right hand side of the letter, pronounced ‘shin’.
or
שׂ
with a dot over the left hand side of the letter, pronounced ‘sin’.
In other words, any word starting with an ‘s’ may be ‘sh’ or ‘ss’ in sound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_(letter)#
Now the letter to Hebrews says “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.”
Jesus was in essence right with God the Father, so the שׁ with the dot to the right symbolises He is right, of the right and righteous.
We know that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (see 1 Timothy 1 v.15).
Therefore logically Jesus shaves sinners.
And as Jesus is our example* He has to shave himself!
And why Jesus does not have a beard.
Footnote
* See John 13 v.15
P.S. Please note that the left dot on the שׂ is sin and the link to left and right as per my earlier post.
I was an enthusiastic, but inept student of Latin in college. I have read Livy's "War With Hannibal" in translation; it was a thriller, for me, a page-turner, but a search for the exact passage might prove difficult. The incident occurred when Hannibal's guides mistook "Casinum" for "Casilinum", which ended up in the entrapment of the Carthegenian forces. Hannibal had the guides crucified, eventually evading the Romans.
As testimony to Livy's power to fascinate, I think I recall Plutarch's having ignored a nearby volcanic eruption while engrossed in the historian's narrative.
Here's some more nonsense: I recommend looking up a scene from the old David Lynch film: "Dune" (1984, plus or minus): "He who controls the spice controls the universe" -- the six minute clip featuring Baron Harkonnen's medical throne-room. Fighter's soliloquy is icing on the cake to Lynch's commentary on the Hospital State of Eliot's "Four Quartets".