And what if Jesus was black?

[heinous_z]

Well--why not? It's not like we have a photo. I think he was. Makes sense. If not black, then definitely Arab. There's no way in hell that he was this blonde-haired, blue-eyed caucasian that most picture books point him out to be. The man was a Middle-Easterner. But hey--if you can prove me wrong without ranting and giving me pages of the Bible, then I'll listen. Note: His race matters naught to me--I just want to hear what your answers to this proposition are.

 

[wonder111]

well, I'm sure he was dark-skinned. Definitely not blonde hair and blue eyes, but I wasn't there at that time

 

[Knight]

Makes no difference whatsoever.

Based on what we know about the Hebrew people at that time it is most likely he was medium-brown skinned.

Artists may depict Him in different ways (I don't think I've seen the blond hair version...) but these are just representations. No artist that I know of would definately say that their depiction is 100% accurate.

 

[Bizzlebin Imperatoris]

Indeed. He was Hebrew, so somewhere in between the skin colors. But it makes no difference at all about anything. He is still Jesus.

 

[Suzannah]

Indeed, He was not Norwegian, for certain. Not that there is anything wrong with being Norwegian, He just simply wasn't. On that we certainly do all agree? Yes? History tells us He was Jewish and therefore we are fairly certain that He "looked" Jewish, whatever that might have meant, at that time.

Also true that we don't have Polaroids, however, we do have icons, painted by very early Christians, who were directed by those who had seen Him while living. I will come back and post one of those for you.

 

[jesusphreak43]

Makes no difference whatsoever.

EXACTLY! I would tell you a joke I heard but you might think i was being racist which i am NOT!!

 

[Suzannah]

This icon of Christ is one of the oldest in existence, and is at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai. It dates to about the sixth century. However, iconography was a Holy Tradition dating to the earliest Christians and we do know that all icons were patterned in a very strict manner, passing on of detail and so forth so that they would not be lost. St Luke was an iconographer and Holy Tradition says that he painted/wrote the first icon of the Theotokos and Christ child.

It is also interesting to note that this icons facial features match perfectly to those on the Shroud of Turin. This icon is called Christ the Pantocreator

 

[Knight]

I've heard this on another thread.

Pardon me if I retain my skepticism....

Regardless, it makes no difference what He looked like. What is important is who he is and what He did.

 

[Suzannah]

Your skepticism is absolutely fine. Your response makes no difference to me. I was just offering it, in light of the discussion .

 

[onfire4Jesus]

Who cares what He looked like? I've never understood why it's such a big deal to people. I don't care whether He was black, brown, white, red, or even orange for that matter.

 

[Suzannah]

Well, people are naturally curious, I suppose. It is normal to wonder what He looked like.

Reminder: this is not a debate forum.

 

[jesusphreak43]

red n yellow black n white...starts singing...lol

 

[Emmy]

Mary was the vessel God chose to be a mother to Jesus,while He lived on earth.The Israelites were the chosen people by God and always will be.The colour of Israelities is brown.Jesus played with brown children,when He was a child.If God wanted Jesus to have been white,would He have chosen a brownskinned virgin?Non of us can choose the colour of our skins.Thank you for making me the way I am dear Lord,help me please to always be grateful to be your child.Greetings from Emmy,a sister in Christ.

 

[Hitokiri Shadow]

It really doesn't matter.

I'm certain he was dark skinned. But black, as in "African"? No, I don't think so.

 

[Celticflower]

definately middle eastern, possibly olive-skinned.
matters not a wit.
Just hope we all know him when we do see him.

Celtie

 

[Svt4Him]

So what if He was?

 

[Bayhawks83]

Ive never seen a blonde haired jesus. I was always told by mom that hes jewish, so hes neither black nor white.

 

[billwald]

Technically, Arabs, Egyptians . . . people from the Indian sub-continant are caucasian.

 

[Rafael]

Black, white, brown, or any color, Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords to me.

 

[Benjammin]

I sort of wish we had absolute proof that he was black or dark skinned, it would make a lot in the Faith examine their racist ideas.