Bible translator Edgar J. Goodspeed explains that this forgery was "designed to give currency to the description contained in the painters' manuals about the personal appearance of Jesus."
Moranodi wa Baebele e bong Edgar J. Goodspeed o tlhalosa gore maaka ano a ne a dirilwe ka "boikaelelo jwa gore go amogelwe tlhaloso e e leng mo dibukaneng tsa bataki tse di tlhalosang ka tebego ya ga Jesu."