How tall was Jesus Christ?

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My seminary buddies and I were debating this.

What's the consensus?

talondearg

There is no literary or other ancient evidence that directly bears on this question, so one is forced to speculate based on average heights of people in antiquity.

The only article I've ever seen address this is a 2002 issue of Popular Mechanics, which suggests that based on skeletal remains a 1st century Semitic male would be 5'1". You can read the article here.