I'm not too religious or anything, but one thing I've always wondered, is what ethnicity was Jesus? according to maps, he was born in what is current day Syria. What race was he?
2007-11-26 11:15:55 · 21 answers · asked by Kenton C 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you look at a biblical map you will find part of Syria was Israel.
British journal New Nation:
The journal commented jokingly that he must have been black because "he called everybody 'brother', liked Gospel, and couldn't get a fair trial".
Jesus was actually an Israelite not a Jew, not a Jew by the fact that being Jewish is identifying your faith not race. Jesus was not a follower of a faith. He became the icon of a new one.
2007-11-26 11:49:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You asked a good question. According to the New Testament, Matthew chapter 1 (first book in the New Testament [NT, to save space]) and Luke chapter 3 (3rd book in the NT), He was directly descended from Abraham and David, both men of admiration among many people. He was born in Bethlehem, not too far from Jerusalem, to a virgin mother named Mary. She was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter from Galilee (northern Israel, not too far from Syria) when Jesus was born.
So Jesus was born into a Jewish family, observing all of the duties of the Jewish religion of that day. There has been a number of postings, questions, and so forth in this forum that have debated what He looked like, sounded like, and so on but nobody today really knows any of this.
One last thing about your next-to-last sentence, according to Luke chapter 2, He was born when Cyrenius or Qurinius--different spellings of the name--was governor of Syria! The nations of Israel and Syria have had, shall we say, many dealings over the years
If you would like a website or two that can give you even more information, check out these two:
www.blueletterbible.org
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www.ccel.org
Lots of good stuff and it's all free!
Please feel free to ask any other questions you might have. There are a lot of people (me, too!) who would be glad to answer. And here's wishing you a wonderful, merry Christmas this year.
2007-11-26 19:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by Brother Jonathan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most likely, if you were to see Jesus, you'd think he was middle eastern, not from Scandinavia, like he is depicted. He was obviously Jewish, but he could've been part of any ethnicity from the middle east from around that time. Maybe even Greek or Roman, the Levant was a meeting place for many cultures at that time.
2007-11-26 19:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by sparrer2 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Knowing how close-knitted the Hebrew (Jew) society have been since the beginning of times, there's not doubt that Jesus was 100% Jewish, from a Jewish mother and a Jewish father, he was raised as a Jew, worshipping as a Jew, according to the Jewish laws, traditions, and religion.
2007-11-26 19:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by Millie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was Jewish. Even successive Popes have stated this in order to remind Christians of the truth. It's established fact.
As for race: he was a member of the human race. There is no other.
2007-11-26 19:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was (Jewish) middle eastern. He was not white and He was not black. you cant live in the middle east ALL your life and not have some kind of tan or dark skin.
2007-11-26 19:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The bible says jesus has hair of wool and skin of bronze.....my guess is jesus is between middle eastern/african decent (keep in mind the locations of it all...eastern africa, middle east)
2007-11-26 19:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by Candle Queen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why he had blonde hair and blues and waved an American flag by gosh.
Seriously, if he existed he had to be semitic.
2007-11-26 19:19:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
He was born in current day Israel, and he was Jewish.
2007-11-26 19:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
by the paintings of him-he was a white anglo saxon male-dont you think joesph got laughed at a lot by all the neighbors----smile and enjoy the night
2007-11-26 19:20:25 · answer #10 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋