Historians from the University of Haifa have discovered a unique image of Jesus Christ at a UNESCO World Heritage site – in a Byzantine church in the heart of the Negev Desert, The Times of Israel reported in 2018. Experts have found a striking drawing on the ceiling of an almost destroyed ancient Christian temple. It is believed that the church was built here in 350 AD. Doctor of Art History Emma Maayan-Fanar, a participant in an interdisciplinary research project, noticed the mural a century after the opening of the Byzantine church itself. "I was there at the right time, in the right place, and from a certain angle I suddenly saw eyes. It was the face of Jesus from the time of his baptism," Maayan-Fanar told the publication. The image was so dimmed that it was a miracle to see it, the researcher added.

Archaeologists note that the appearance of Christ is significantly different from that which is usually found on icons.

The drawing shows the face of a young man without a beard, with short curly hair, large eyes and a long nose. The portrait, according to the researchers, was part of a larger picture and is "the first pre-iconoclastic scene of the baptism of Christ, since another face surrounded by a halo is painted next to it."

The second, larger figure, Dr. Maayan-Fanar identified as John the Baptist.

Possible explanation of the contradiction: Luke (3:23): Jesus, starting [His ministry], was about thirty years old, and was thought to be the Son of Joseph, Elijah, (Here it is stated that Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about 30 years old, and the evangelist John claims that about fifty (8:57). Zarathustra also began to preach his teaching at the age of about 30). John (8:57): The Jews answered him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" (Here it is stated that Jesus is about 50 years old, and Luke (3:23) is about 30. The Jews were greatly amazed when Jesus declared that he had seen the long-dead Abraham). Jesus was inspired by "interested persons" that he allegedly saw Abraham – Parthian priests, so that in this way the leader of the Qumranites would promote a coup in the Jewish lands in favor of Parthia.

Jesus began to wear long hair and grew a beard and mustache, so the man looks older than his years. The Bible also mentions the Nazarenes (Nazarenes). The Nazarene (Hebrew, lit., "to separate, to excommunicate") is a person who has made a special vow of dedication to God (Chis 6:2; Am 2:11-12). The Nazarene, man or woman, was not to drink wine and other intoxicating drinks, not to cut his hair, not to enter any house in which there was a dead body. Some Nazarenes were dedicated to God by their parents for life. Such were, for example, Samson, etc. Samuel and John the Baptist, in Zoroastrianism (Mazdeism), the upbringing of future "prophets" was also practiced from childhood, children at the age of 7 were given by parents to atravans (zaotars), servants of ancient Aryan cults. Jesus also became a Nazarene: Matthew (2:23) and when he came, he settled in a city called Nazareth, so that what was said through the prophets would come true, that He would be called a Nazarene. (The family settled in the city of Nazareth, which thus fulfilled the ancient prophecy of the prophets "that He will be called Nazareth", etymologically the words "Nazareth" and "Nazareth" are very close, perhaps it was a small settlement of Nazareth – Nazareth (Hebrew: "branch, offspring or fenced place"; in Arabic, Naera or Nazira).

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