Of course Jesus is a mythical character, but I have heard that Chris Rock has made the claim that Jesus was black. Funny you channel Chris Rock as he is poised to host the Academy Awards “Oscas” tonight.
The scriptures in the Bible that make some people claim Jesus was black (as far as I know) are found in the books of Revelation and Matthew. Revelation’s gives a discription of Jesus (if one accepts it as such). Matthew tells the story of when King Herod wanted to see and praise the infant Jesus, only to be mocked by wise men; then in anger orders the slaughter of infant children in Bethlehem.
Prior to this God had instructed Jesus’s father Joseph, to take the infant Jesus into Egypt and hide him for protection among the people of Egypt. God then says at the appropriate date he will fulfill his directive “Out of Egypt have I called my son”
Some people believe the ancient Egyptians were African. Since Egypt is on the continent of Africa, they deduct that God was hiding the infant Jesus among a population of people who had a similar skin color, allowing the infant Jesus (and his family) to blend in undetected among the Afrcan-Kemetic (Egyptian) population.
People claim burnt brass turns black. Some black people have hair like wool (as do people of other ethnicities).
Revelation 1:14-15
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.know are:
Matthew 2:7-16
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
