Is Jesus Christ black

Answer 1

Jesus would have been olive-skinned - very similar to modern Jews or Arabs.

Sadly, The Bible gives us no physical description of Jesus Christ whatsoever. nevertheless we can deduce certain features by what we know about him both from scripture and from his background. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but his mother Mary and her husband Joseph came from the north of the country in Galilee - (which can still be seen on a map of the area today). The Sea of Galilee is sometimes called Lake Tiberius. Therefore, as Jesus was from that area, he would not be white - nor black. He would be olive-skinned - very similar to modern Jews or Arabs. He would not appear white or black, but somewhere in between. In addition to this, he would have prominent Jewish 'looks' including possibly a prominent nose and jaw, and have dark hair, both on his head and, as it was the culture to have beards in those days, dark facial hair. Finally, as he would have taken on the job of a carpenter (following in Joseph's footsteps) he would be fit and muscular. The average height of males in those days was a lot less than today, so he would probably have been shortish (5'6" - 5'8") and stocky. His mother tongue would have been Aramaic, a language used in Gallilee. This is born out in excerpts from the gospels where Jesus uses his mother tongue (eg in raising jairus' Daughter, and on the Cross - 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani' - my God, my God, why have you forsaken me'). It is a language still spoken in parts of Syria today, and with little change over the last 2000 years since the time of Jesus. HOWEVER, Jesus has been depicted in art as having many ethnic traits. There are 'pictures' of Jesus (although these are artists' impressions as no one really knew what Jesus actually looked like) that show him black, asian, oriental, caucasian, innuit, and even with the blonde hair and blue eyes of a Scandinavian. These artistic representations reflect how people wish to relate to Jesus - to regard him as God incarnate, but to also regard him as one of their own.
Did you mean Jesus? Because he was a Jew and Jews are white :)

Answer 2

Jesus was not black, but Semitic like the Jews and Arabs of today. As Jesus was Semitic, He would have had a tanned complexion; He was certainly not black in the way that Africans of African-Americans are "black". It is easy to see what colour Jesus was: look at the Jews, Palestinians and Arabs.

AnswerJesus wasn't black, though he was probably tanned, as most Jews today are tanned (to my understanding). Here are the facts as best I know them: Jews today aren't black, most Bethlehemites today aren't black, most Galileans today aren't black, most Nazarenes today aren't black, most people in the areas where Jesus lived are not black and there has been little change in 2,000 years to affect that. The Jewish culture hasn't changed very much in 2,000 years, so we can expect similar perspectives, customs, and people now as back then. We also know that Jesus' ancestors were Jews for centuries and didn't mingle with blacks (or anyone who wasn't an Israelite) according to their own religion's rules. Jesus' church initially didn't accept blacks (and others), so he would have been an outcast from his own church by his own rules if he was black.

For skin colour, it doesn't matter where on earth Jesus or anyone else came from; what does matter is who he came from (i.e. were his ancestors black or white) because ancestors cause your colour, your region does not "cause" your colour.

Knowing the color of Jesus isn't really important, but knowing the natures of God and Jesus really are important because then we can learn our own natures.

AnswerThe Bible doesn't say what colour Jesus was. But from gathering the surroundings of where He was born and the races over there, it is believed that his color was more of a brown, but not black. AnswerIf you want a strictly Biblical answer Jesus was a Jew and therefore a descendent of Shem and as such a Semite like modern Arabs and most Jews. He was brown in color, but not black.

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The evidence is conclusive. Most of the people mentioned in the Bible were of races of dark complexion. The region that Jesus came from featured only people of the Negroid and Mongoloid races. There were no Caucasians in Egypt or the surrounding areas at the time

Nothing in the Bible says the Father was a white man or that His image would be. Jesus is a descendant of Abraham, who came from the Sumerian city of Ur of

Jesus mother was born in natherath at that time it was a black population the ark landed in the Middle East it came from

Chaldees, which was a black civilization, like many, if not most, of the societies described in the Bible.

We know that Noah's son, Ham, was a Negro. Jesus descended from a number of Ham's ancestors, including Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Naomi, Bathsheba and Jezebel.

There is no description of Jesus' ethnicity or physical appearance in the Bible. And no one has uncovered any drawings or paintings of Him made while He was alive. The first pictures of Jesus came hundreds of years after His death, by artisans commissioned by the white Roman Catholic Church.

AnswerJesus was black. Africa is where all life started, Jesus was born in Bethlehem but his mom was born in Natherath which at the time was a Negro population. The middle east is where the Ark landed but all life started in Africa.

The actual answer is that he came from Jerusalem, which was populated by some of the first people to leave Africa, the birthplace of humankind.

Answer 3

No. Jesus was a physical descendant of the tribe of Judah - Jewish - which are semetic peoples and do not have the abundance of melanin in their skin to appear almost black but usually have more than the amount to appear white as to pinkish tinge of blood vessels near the surface. He would look like those in Israel today from the line of Judah.

The color of ones skin, especially Jesus, is not the important issue as He came for all mankind and God made the three basic skin tones (humans created more combos with intermarriage). All humans have melanin to some degree so we are all the same as the Scripture teaches, in God's eyes. To harp on differences (not implying the question does) only causes separation amongst us and is not the way of love.

Answer 4

Well, he was neither. He was Semitic from the Middle East, so it was brownish skin. But, your question is "Is he." No one on Earth knows what he looks like now. He has a new heavenly body (like we, who are ready, will have when we get to Heaven).

And the Bible does not say. What it says in Revelation chapter 1 is an allegory (as is mostly all of Revelation), and not to be taken literally.

But, when it comes down to it, it really does not matter what his skin color, or hair color, etc. was or is. He died for all people, of all nations. And Heaven is for all who accept him as Savior and Lord.

Answer 5

Jesus was born Jewish. That doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't dark olive-skinned. Jews come in many skin tones and always have. However, Black isn't one of them.

Answer 6

No, he was probably olive skinned like the other Palestinian Jews of the time.
No he is not black.

Answer 7

As the bible states that King Solomon was black, and Jesus came from Davids line so he was black.

Answer 8

The origins of Humanity have been traced back to Africa. So if Africans were the primary people, I guess all our ancestors were black.