Kyle Spears tackles a sensitive topic: What color was Jesus?

December 18, 2019

Was Jesus black? What was his skin color?

There's white Jesus. There's black Jesus. There's Asian Jesus. There's brown Jesus. Which is right? Kyle Spears has a few things to consider:
  1. the Bible does not mention Jesus' skin color
  2. Jesus probably looked like men from the Middle East
  3. God lets us imagine how Jesus looked
The Black Hebrew Israelite's believe that Jesus was black. Are they right?

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