Only occasionally does some piece of personal description
raise our hopes that it may conceivably be based on a true reminiscence, e.g. that Justus Barsabas (cf. Acts 1:23) was flatfooted, and that Paul was «a man short of stature,
thin - haired upon the head, crooked in the
legs, well - built, with eyebrows joining, and nose somewhat hooked, full of grace» (Acts of Paul).