Was Jesus Black?

Originally posted by Turbo-Cajun
What color skin was Jesus?

There are few passages in the Bible that give any kind of indication of his physical appearance in the Bible other than this:

Just as there were many who were appalled at Him – His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and His form marred beyond human likeness….He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Isaiah 52:14 - 53:1-3

And a couple other parts like this:

"I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His vesture was like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was ablaze with flames,
Its wheels were a burning fire." Daniel 7:9

White People don't originally come from the Middle East.

your first passage is pretty much just saying that Jesus wasn't a very pretty guy. It aslo says that he was disliked by many people. Well, if you read the Bible, you will come to ifnd, that yes, lots of people disliked Jesus! The Romans thought he was going to take over their empire since he said he was "King of the Jews". Ever read the stories of King Herad in the bible? People that worked in the temple didn't like him because he was trying to tell people different than what they taught. That passage in no way implaies that Jesus is black or white...or anything else.

Second passage..ok, that always confused me there. I had to read that very passage in church one time, and you know what? the theme of that mass was about the arcangels.

"White People don't originally come from the Middle East."

Neither do black people. Black people typicly come from Africa. Jesus was prabably tanish skin, like a Islamic person from Isreal is. Since Jesus lived in Isreal.

Yes again Jewish guy from the middle east what else needs to be said.If the color of the skin would be that important it would be a very dark tan but not black.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
does it matter?

Straight and to the point. 👆

Just as there were many who were appalled at Him – His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and His form marred beyond human likeness….He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Isaiah 52:14 - 53:1-3

Despite what the early Christian Church liked people to think, it looks from the context in Isaiah as if this passage refers to Israel.

I don't care what Jesus looks like. I suppose I wouldn't care even if I was a Christian.

jesus was arabic..hollywood and company molded his image to have blonde hair with blue eyes so he's more marketable or something like that

Interesting thought.But does it really matter what color his skin was?I know I sound raciest but I think he was white.After all he is jewish!Anyway I don't really care what color he is.
It does not matter what color he is!JM

Wasn't Jesus supposed to look like everyone? Like if someone saw Jesus, Jesus would look like the person that saw him?

Interesting thought Solo where did you get an idea like that?I am just wondering I never heard that before!You have a creative mind I can say that!JM

jewish people arent white...they look white so they are passed off as being white...just like bryant gumbel

solo-i think thats god not jesuse but i could be wrong

jesus was arabic..hollywood and company molded his image to have blonde hair with blue eyes so he's more marketable or something like that

Actually, this happened well before Hollywood. Christ was described as having blue eyes by Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos, who lived during the 1300's.

i thought hollywood portrayed Christ with brown hair and blue eyes, not blone hair...but i could be mistaken

That is true!I have tan skin and I am jewish!Anyway I was told by a friend of mined,That Jesus and god are the same person?Is this true or false?Sorry about geting off topic!JM

"God" isn't a person. But a lot of Christians seem to be confused on whether they're supposed to be worshipping Jesus or God.

According to Christianity, Jesus and God are the same being. I've never really understood it, but you might think of them as different facets of the same stone (and the Holy Ghost/Spirit makes the third facet). I do not believe, however, that you will find this in the Bible (could be wrong).

Well the way my old church cult-masters used to describe it was that Jesus was god in human form... They were sort of the same, but it's not really accurate to say "Jesus" when you mean "god" or vice versa.

does it matter what jesus' color/race was???

Originally posted by finti
fact is does it matter what he looked like?

😐 always ahead of me 😂

Would be rather funny if God came down and he was Chinese with a mohawk. That would throw everyone off the path.

-AC

jesus was arabic..hollywood and company molded his image to have blonde hair with blue eyes so he's more marketable or something like that

jewish people arent white...they look white so they are passed off as being white...just like bryant gumbel

That's what Hitler wanted for his Aryan race though.

Blonde hair, blue eyes. It's viewed as the purest combo, hence why Jesus isn't black haired with dark skin and brown eyes, to most people.

-AC