Jesus Christ?

Question

What ethnicity was Jesus? I know he was the descendant of King David and he was jewish. But was he a black hebrew or a ashenaki jew, which is white? from the description, derived from the bible his ethnicity is clear. I've heard he was a Mexican by plenty, to me that does not mess because mexico had not been inhabited until the 1600s.

Answer 1

Well thats the question for the ages...my question is why does it matter. We know that he was a Jew. Does it matter what color his skin was.

I sometimes wonder if we all just don't want to have something similiar to Jesus so we are closer to God. The Bible says we are all made in the image of God.

Answer 2

I heard an interesting sermon once where the preacher went through all the "begats", the lineage of Jesus, and found that He had pretty much every ethnic gene there was at that time in His blood. There were African and Asian and all sorts of different nationalities, most of them from the mothers.

Pretty kewl sermon, but I never bothered to write any of it down lol

Answer 3

"I, Jesus, sent My messenger to testify these things to you over the
Body Politics. I am the Root and Race of David, the bright and morning Star."
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Now Jesus affirms that the Messenger sent to John to reveal these things was
indeed sent by Jesus, and identifies Himself as the bright and morning Star (cf.
Numbers 24:17) and the Root and Race of David (cf. Isaiah 11:1). In saying He is the
root and race of David, He is implying that He is both the source of David and the
offspring of David. He is also saying that He is racially identical to David. This is
important because both the Bible and history explicitly record a racial description of
David. In the Septuagint, we read in I Samuel 16:12 of David (cf. I Samuel 17:42):
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"And he sent and fetched him: and his was ruddy, with beauty of
eyes, and good in the sight of the Master. And the Master said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good."
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Here the word ruddyis translated for the Greek purrakos, which mean to have a
ruddy complexion. The Hebrew word here is admoniy, a derivative of Adam, and
of course Adammeans to show blood in the face, to blush or turn rosy. So the
Bible says very clearly that David was white, for the Hebrew word adam and the
description of ruddywere only applied to white men.
Now Josephus also comments upon David, using slightly different words:
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"Now so soon as David appeared at his father's summons - a boy
with golden blonde skin, with fiery eyes and in other ways handsome - " (Jewish Antiquities, VI:164).

Here the words golden blonde are translated for the Greek xanthos, from which
we get the English prefix xantho-, which means yellow. The Greek word meant a
golden yellow, and when used of people it meant that they were blonde. When used
of skin color (as Josephus explicitly does), it implies the golden yellow skin
associated with blonde people. This means that the word was only and could only
be used of people of White, Nordic stock. And of course, only white people are
capable of having rosy colored cheeks, as the term adam and purrakos or ruddy
implies. So when Jesus says that He was of the race of David, He is purposely
contrasting Himself to the dark, swarthy-skinned Edomite Jews, and any other non-
whites who controlled Jerusalem at that time, and establishing once and for all times
that like David, He was perfect in His race.


--He was white

Answer 4

Jesus came to this world as a Jew. He was a native Israelite, not a European, Mexican or an African.

People often want to make Jesus their race because they want to identify more with Him.

The essence of who Jesus was and is transcends race.

Answer 5

obviously he was white cuz you do realize that was from switzerland...duh. and that living his entire life in the desert he never got a tan so as to confuse anyone as to what race he was. he made sure that he wore plenty of sunblock. And he definately wanted it documented years later by some white guy to prove this fact because it was something that definately had to be known and not left unanswered.

Answer 6

Born and raised in the Middle East, so logically he would have looked like like any other person from that area.

Answer 7

Have you ever been to Jerusalem.......? Do you know what color they are? I used to think Jesus was all colors and he can be.........But for those who seek the truth as to what color he was from birth to 33...........light brown............

Now, I don't say it because I am brown myself.................I say it because that was his skin color.................

By the way.....................for someone to say he is Mexican is even dumber that to say white.......I agree with you on that.

I have a revelation for those who know Jesus.............Jesus would never say "I am the morning star.........never...........ever...........ever...........Do you know why?????????????????????????????????????

Answer 8

probably fair skinned, like all Jewish men>

Answer 9

Get to know him a little better and you'll find out that it doesn't matter.

Answer 10

yeah it doesn't matter but it would be interesting to know.