Were there black people in the middle east during Jesus' life?

Question

Were there only caucasions in the middle east during Christ times.

Is it possible that African people were lived or travelled there - Africa is closer than Rome is, and Romans were there.

And please do not tell me about causcasions - East Indians are dark-skinned caucasions. Caucasiod is the bone structure (as are ******* and mongoloid), not pigment.

Answer 1

yes there were. before and after. the old testament referred to them as cushites(ethiopia was known as cush). in the new testament phillip teaches and baptises an ethiopian. there were a lot of trade routes by land and sea and a lot of multi-cultural contact. at the pentacost where the holy spirit was given, there were people present from all over the known world(acts).

Answer 2

man thats racist but heres a clue the tribes of ethiopia are coptic christians from the times of the apostles and the ethiopians are also jews from the time of queen sheba who according to them had a son of solamon and bore the son and the ark of the covenant back to ophir or ethiopia the jews and there cousins the philistines the amalekites the amorites and the egyptians all have married or had children or africa and to consider fairly there are people of all bone structures in and about africa the chinese traded with africa and the norse vikings had wives from africa and the first steps found on earth are from the great rift valley and where a women leaning on one side as she walks as if budened by a child 50 million years ago and that may be all of our races mother right there so trying to find differances is asinine look at the events and the trade that shared the blood of the people around the world why do the spanish have black firey eyes and noses like eagles because of the berebers and the mamlukes are the reason the south of italy has black eyes and hair we all share some of the same blood im mixed 6 ways and am proud of the people that made me and Jesus was a jew and was dark because he lived in egypt and yes there were people from around the world that shared the God of Abraham and came to jerusalem every year for the sacrifices and the feasts soo

Answer 3

Of course there were hon! All types of people lived during Jesus' life here, black, white, brown and one suspiciously purple fella they accused of getting into the beets (but that's another story lol)

My understanding is that when Mary and Joseph fled after Jesus birth, they went to Ethiopia and lived for a few years in peace.

Answer 4

There were no Negroids present in Israel during Jesus's time. Skeletons unearthed in the area and found to be from that time via carbon dating have had many DNA tests run on them. All skeletons tested thus far show these people to be Caucasoid.

Answer 5

Yep-Simeon, Acts 13:1, 8:26 eunuch from Ethiopia

Answer 6

as Israel was so close to the African continent it was highly likely that ******* descended people were in evidence

they reckon that the chap pulled out of the crowd to help Jesus with the carrying of the cross was black and hence stood out when the solders wanted to pick someone out for the task

Answer 7

Black people were in the middle east. That's why theirs a controversy in what skin color was Jesus. Many think he was whitish. He could actually been brown.

Answer 8

Yes check out Acts 8 there is a verse about an Ethiopian.

Answer 9

Yes the one who helped Jesus carry the cross was

Answer 10

Yes even Israel! Yes you can be black and not be "African" they have the same hair and skin color as west Africans but look like Ethiopians.