Why was the Apostle Paul called an Egyptian if he was not a black man?

Answer 1

38Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? Paul being called an Egyptian because his physical characteristics resembled the African Egyptians who by all proofs known to modern man was of the Black race. We must refer to the Holy Bible to see if the latter is so. First let's refer to the Babylonian Talmud translated, by Rabbi Dr. I Epstein. " For when the AFRICANS came to plead the Jews before Alexander of Macedonia, they said ' CANAAN belongs to us, as it is written, the land of Canaan was the ancestors of these people (ourselves)."- Sanhedrin, Vol.II, pp. 608-609. The latter is of great importance because according to the Holy Bible the Canaanites who were black could not be distinguished from the Hebrews themselves. " So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up ALL the servants of PHAROAH, the elders of his house, and ALL the elders of he land of Egypt......And when the inhabitants of the land, THE CANAANITES, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, THEY said " This is a deep mourning of the EGYPTIANS"- GENESIS, 50:7-11. Clearly here the Caananites could not tell the difference between the AFRICAN EGYPTIANS and the HEBREWS. Further scrutiny of the Holy Scripture one will see that there was a man named CUSH a Benjamite. Now Cush was an original name for Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a two compound Greek word. The first Greek word is " Ethios " meaning burnt " the second " OPS" meaning faces put it together you will have "burnt faces". The latter name was given to the original inhabitants of that land. Thus "Ethiopia" means: Land of the burnt faces. Please refer to PSALMS 7, ( A meditation of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of CUSH the BENJAMITE). The original name for Egypt was " KEMET" which translate " Land of the black people". Also refer to the Table of Nations located in Genesis chapter 10:6-12. Which speaks about the descendants of HAM. The four sons of HAM was Cush(Ethiopia) , Mizraim(Egypt, a.k.a Kemet), Put(Libya), Canaan(Palestine).

Answer 2

There is no record of Apostle Paul being called an Egyptian in The Bible. It is possible that there is confusion or misinformation. Paul was a Jewish man from Tarsus, a city in modern-day Turkey.