If so, please explain.
I am taking history classes and am constantly confused :(
2006-12-22 12:27:55 · 34 answers · asked by Salt Flakes 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, it depends...Are you asking if he was Jewish racially or religiously? They are not the same thing. There are many followers of Judaism who have no geneaology in common with the Hebrew race that were originally chosen by God. Racially he was Semitic (or at least half-semite through his mothers side). But as far as religion goes, I would have to say no. If we define what a Christian is, it is nothing more than a person who believes that Jesus is the Messiah, which he certainly did. So in that sense he would be the first Christian
2006-12-22 12:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by jeffzeise 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course. Jesus was a Jew. A small group of Jews recognized him as a special person sent from God, called the Messiah (the anointed one, which is what "Christ" means -- it's a title, not a last name). After his death, his following grew, and eventually many non-Jews became his followers. Gradually their understanding began to change (or deepen, depending on your point of view), and they started teaching that he had not been just a man, but the Son of God and the savior of the world. His followers grew more and more distant from Judaism. So a new religion came into being, one that would eventually be called 'Christianity' (by about the year 120).
2006-12-22 12:34:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Jews were considered basically from the tribe of Judah. Jesus was born from that line...Matthew 2:1,2 and Michah 5:2
2006-12-22 13:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by bethybug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Christianity stemmed from Judaism by following Christ's teachings. He is most accurately described as Jewish, as at that time there were no Christians.
The Jews who accepted Jesus as the Messiah became Christians, Ebionites, etc. and later Muslims. The Jews who did not accept Jesus remained Jews.
2006-12-22 12:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by Brian 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes God's people were the Jews. Christ taught that God could bring forth children to Abraham through a rock. Jesus was that Rock and we Christians are the children of faith God brought from Jesus Christ. Paul did not create the Christian religion it is the religion of God. Christ offered the atonement that was God's plan before creation and can be found in the first book of Moses through spiritual understanding God revealed his plan to us all but many did not understand because they loved the law rather than the one who gave us the law. Christians were around with Christ and continue on today because they follow the truth that was God int he flesh Jesus Christ who atoned for the sins of those who accept his atonement.
2006-12-22 12:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus Christ was ethnically Jewish, but his religion was not Judaism. In Judaism, one becomes Jewish if one's mother is Jewish. So a person who's born to a Jewish mother is ethnically Jewish even if one converts to another religion spiritually. So Jewishness is not only religion-related, it's also an ethnicity.
2006-12-22 12:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by xack 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ was born from the tribe of Judah.Both Mary and Josephs his step fathers linage went back to Judah.see 1st chapter of Matthew and Luke chapter 3 vs. 23-38 of course his true Father was GOD and his miraculous birth Matthew 1 vs. 18
Judah was one of the 12 sons of Jacob (who God changed his name to Israel.) Jesus was a Hebrew thus being a Jew.
2006-12-22 12:48:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hello =)
He was of the House of David...the Royal family of Israel...and widely hailed at his birth as "the king of the jews".....
The original difference between the early Christians and the Jews of the time was simply that the Jews who considered Jesus to be the messiah were Christians, and those who did not, remained "Jews"... Jews to this day, await the coming of their Messiah, which, universalists believe will be the second coming of our Christ.
So, in a word, yes...
Namaste,
--Tom
2006-12-22 12:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by glassnegman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Jesus was an orthodox Jew from the West Bank.
2006-12-24 13:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its absolutely unquestionable fact that jesus, (assuming he existed) was jewish.
one of the claims is that Jesus was the Messiah that the jews were waiting for (he was not) but one of the primary things requires that he would have to have been jewish to even think about thinking about it.
>>"He was not conceived of man, but the holy spirit and the holy spirirt, last I heard, is not a jew. Just like adam, he was perfect and created, not born through copulation. ""<<
then he couldn't have taken the throne of david and couldn't have been the messiah.
but then he wouldn't be special and you wouldn't think those things...
2006-12-22 12:34:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋