2007-09-26 16:28:50 · 26 answers · asked by WingsSuperFan 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was a descendant of Judah, through Mary.
2007-09-26 16:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by Nels 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His parents, Mary and Joseph, were Jewish, but he didn't follow all of the Jewish laws and traditions. He was faithful to God - the same God the Jewish and many other religions worship.
Martin Luther was a Catholic, until he founded the Lutheran Church. Jesus, became the founder of the Christian faith, so as Martin Luther went from being Catholic to "Lutheran", Jesus went from 'Jewish' to found the Christian Church. In the Bible he was sometimes called 'Rabbi' which means 'teacher' in Hebrew.
2007-09-26 23:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mover50 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what we read and from tradition, that says that Jesus is descended fourteen generations from King David, ruler of ancient Israel and Judah. He was born into a Jewish family that followed Jewish customs and worshipped God in Jewish Temples. All this and more tell us that it is common knowledge that Jesus was Jewish, although He created Christianity.
2007-09-26 23:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by endpov 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because His mother Mary was Jewish.
2007-09-26 23:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Genealogy in the bible will clearly show you the generations and how Jesus was a decedent of David, who was of Jewish descent.
2007-09-26 23:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by ckrug 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Jewish and Roman sources of the time confirm it!
2007-09-26 23:33:18 · answer #6 · answered by cowboy_christian_fellowship 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Look at the demographics of that area in that time period. It can't ever say for certain, but whatever was common there is the most probable.
2007-09-26 23:37:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.hodsons.org/Oliveroots/jesuschildhood.htm
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=254&letter=J&search=Jesus#999
Check these links out. They may help you.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/jesus/bornliveddied.html
http://www.hopeofisrael.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=30
anyways basically you will read Jesus was definitely Jewish
2007-09-26 23:51:17 · answer #8 · answered by Dustinthewind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one KNOWS, they just ASSUME he was. One of the facts many don't look at in the bible is where his parents were FROM. Galilee. Land of the GENTILES who were said NOT to be of Jewish lineage.
2007-09-26 23:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
His celebration of the Passover Festival would be an obvious hint.
2007-09-26 23:32:54 · answer #10 · answered by Keyring 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋