“Color of the Cross” The Movie...Was Jesus a black man?

Question

“Color of the Cross”

20th Century Fox just released a movie to DVD entitled “Color of the Cross” This movies goes by the premise that Jesus was really a black man and suggests that race may have shaped the course of biblical events.

Not from a religious standpoint, but from purely a historical view is there anyone who actually believes this?

Answer 1

No serious reader can approach the Bible and read anything that can be interpreted other than Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish.

There are quite a few people I've run into, however, that wish to re-interpret Jesus into the ethnicity of their choice - typically, their own. So to answer your question, yes, there actually are people who seriously believe Jesus was of African descent rather than Jewish.

How they reach that conclusion from the text of the New Testament is a mystery to me.

Best to you.

Answer 2

Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. ~ Leviticus 19:27 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. ~ Matthew 5:17 (Jesus Christ) If Christ came to fulfill the law then he would have adhered to the law in Leviticus and thus would not have cut the hair at the sides of his head or clip off the edges of the beard. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. ~ Isaiah 53:2 The scripture above is prophesying about Christ. So what ever Christ looked like as a man he was not beautiful or desirable in appearance. God purposely didn't reveal Jesus' full appearance in scripture so that it would not cause conflict between races and peoples appearances. God is love not vanity.

Answer 3

Jesus was a Jew from Bethlehem/Nazareth. how many Jews do you know who are black? most likely, He was an olive colored person like the rest of them. Don't mistake this for racism. I would still worship a black Jesus. I'm just speaking in historical terms.

Answer 4

"There is absolutely NO historical evidence that Jesus was black. No scriptural evidence, and those who make this claim (for reasons of racial arrogance) would have to explain why this is so. African blacks were degregated from the rest of the world by the expanse of the Sahara Desert. They were a sub-Saharan people."

This answer totally ignores DNA science that proves that all human life originated in sub-Saharan Africa, including all Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, EVERYONE. To say that African blacks were segregated from the rest of the world is ignorant. They are the genetic beginning to the rest of the world.

To answer the question, it seems obvious that Jesus was one of the brown folk - dark skinned with dark hair and brown eyes.

Answer 5

There is absolutely NO historical evidence that Jesus was black. No scriptural evidence, and those who make this claim (for reasons of racial arrogance) would have to explain why this is so. African blacks were degregated from the rest of the world by the expanse of the Sahara Desert. They were a sub-Saharan people.

Answer 6

Jesus (his name was actually, "Joshua" but the Greeks had no name translation for "Joshua" and changed it to "Jesus" when they were writing the "Gospels"...so, technically, the Christians have been diefying the wrong name for centuries) was a middle-eastern Jew, he was likely dark-skinned considering he lived in an arid, desert-type location but I do not believe he was "black" in the "African" sense of the word.

Answer 7

Logic dictates that he was neither white nor black, because of the area that he was born, he looked more like an arab. Tanned skin, dark hair and so on. He is portrayed differently depending on the culture.

Answer 8

Honestly as a Hebrew of the line of David I am thinking he was olive skinned but I can't say that for sure. Also as part of the trinity who created us in their image there would have to be some black in them. I find that the closer I get to GOD through the Holy Spirit the less I notice skin color or nationality other then to admire it.

Answer 9

Since He lived in a Middle Easten country, He most likely had/has a darker complexion than most Europeans see Him as having. YBIC

Answer 10

Jesus was not black.... however he was far from white......
Jesus was according to the bible olive skinned. In the bible we are told that the Lord had no form or comeliness that would make him stand out ... he looked like every other nazarene... which by definition means he had olive skin dark curly hair.... and average size man.

God bless :)