were they non-existant? I need real sources
2007-10-19 13:42:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Africa was a continent back then. Jesus wasn't white either. He was middle Eastern.
2007-10-19 13:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kelsey 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is probable that Simon the Zealot, one of the original 12 Apostles, and from Canaan, was black. Also, another Simon, from Cyrene, the man ordered to help Jesus with his cross, may have been black.
Unfortunately, there are no solid sources; it is speculation, even on the part of experts. But if you watch some movies of the life of Christ, these men are often portrayed as black men.
2007-10-19 21:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the surrounding country. In the Book of Acts they were represented when Peter taught because it mentioned strange languages. The Nubians were black and the people of Cush were black. The man who helped Jesus carry His cross was black.
God created us all equal and God didn't distinguish black, brown and white in the Bible. Egyptian art shows the black man as kings just as the white and brown men were kings.
I believe we really dumbed out in the Dark Ages, but before then men knew that the skin meant nothing. The skin varied from white, white to black, black with many shades of brown in between. None of the apostles or prophets made any difference in people except the difference between Jew and Gentile. Jew meaning God's chose people and Gentiles meaning the heathens. The difference in black, brown and white meant nothing. As it should be even today.
2007-10-19 21:02:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot remember the details but I can give you a pointer. Some names in the bible give the place where they came from. If you can find which areas were black people then you can find which people were black in the bible. You would need to do some hebrew studies but I am sure it is not hard to find out. Song of Solomon mentions that one lovers skin was black. Some scholars think that the Simon that was told to help Jesus carry the cross was of black origin.
2007-10-19 20:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by JesusIsTheAnswer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't have any sources for you, but honestly, looking at the Jordan river and those places around and in Jerusalem, everybody is black there now. So, if you believe it or not, but Jesus was black. So was Moses, and even Abraham. Many people don't know, but the ones who do know are most likely too proud to admit it.
P.S: in the Bible it says in many places that the Israelites would put oil on their skin. Why do you think they would need to do that? Because their skin was black!!
2007-10-19 20:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, 4000 years (from time of Tower of Babel to the time of Jesus) would have been sufficient time for diversity in skin color, etc. to have come about through the process of natural selection (*Please do not read Evolution into this mention of natural selection*. Natural selection *does not* equal Evolution).
Knowing that people with the darkest skin live in the areas of the Middle-East, Africa, & Australia now, that's probably where they were at Jesus time (2000 yrs. ago) too. We know from Genesis 10-11 which of Noah's sons went in what general direction. That is why it is supposed that people groups like the Cushites, Edomites & Ethiopians were very dark skinned.
Sources that may help you: http://www.onehumanrace.com/qa_articles.asp
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/racism.asp
2007-10-19 20:57:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sakurachan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were in Africa, mostly. Chances are high that there were also some black people in the same areas as Jesus during that time.
2007-10-19 20:47:45 · answer #7 · answered by chazzychef 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in fact black people are mentioned in the Bible. Moses was married to a black woman. The people of Cush were all blacks. The Ethiopians were black. And the Edomites may have been black too.
2007-10-19 20:48:00 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if you think about it for just a minute, if there WAS a Jesus, and he was a Jew born in Bethlehem 2000 years ago, there's a pretty good chance HE was "black people"!
Silly goose!
2007-10-19 20:47:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dark-skinned people were the FIRST human beings. Which means everyone on this planet...including Jesus...is a descendant of some very brave critters who were willing to walk upright and go on the biggest road trip of all time...
...bless their little opposing thumbs!
Any book on anthropology would help you out...
2007-10-19 20:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by St. Hell 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In fact, it was Ham’s other sons, Cush and Put, who settled in Africa and fathered the races of black people living there.
Look up Cush and Put or just plain Africa , Moors etc.
2007-10-19 20:57:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋