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> With regard to the long or short hair of Jesus, it occurs to
> me that since Paul never met him in person, it would be quite
> plausible that Paul's and Jesus's ideas of appropriate hair style
> were different.
St Paul was of course a Roman citizen, and may have conformed to Roman
custom. Actually St Paul did allow his hair to grow long on at least
one occasion, as a consequence of a vow (Acts 21:23-6).
Oriens.
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