Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides selected tweets from a twitter thread about how Jesus is usually drawn in the United States compared to how Middle Eastern men look/ed.
The tweet that prompted these replies was posted on the hashtag "Nowhere in the Bible..." https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Nowhere+in+the+Bible%22 . That hashtag was trending #5 in the United States at 7PM ET Feb. 6, 2021.
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Thanks to Modern Man for starting this tweeter thread and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This compilation presents selected tweets from one conversation that began in the "Nowhere in the Bible" hashtag. However, that hashtag included many other topics in addition to that converstation and other tweets and their replies about what Jesus looked like.
Also, this compilation doesn't purport to quote the entire conversation from the tweet that began on that hashtag and its replies that were given on another tweeter account.
I started retrieving these tweets around 7:25 PM in the order that they were found in that conversation, minus tweets that I chose not to include in this compilation because they were similar to other selected tweets and for various other reasons. It's likely that there have been other tweets added to that conversation after I stopped retrieving tweets from that account.
The time notations that are given with each of these tweets aren't converted to an actual time. These tweets are given without any accompanying visuals or written attachments. Brief explantions are given after a few of these tweets.
I've added numbers to these tweets for referencing purposes only.
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SELECTED TWEETS
From https://twitter.com/tooronlists/status/1358174659313811460
1. modern man
@tooronlists
The Bible says Jesus had hair like lambs wool and skin of
burnished bronze, Nowhere in the Bible does it say this..
5:04 PM · Feb 6, 2021·Twitter Web App
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by a typical drawing in the United States of Jesus as a White man with light brown eyes, mustache, and brown hair down to his shoulders.
**
2. Danechick49
@tricia_freeland
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
That’s Q Jesus
-snip-
"Q" here refers to the alleged leader of the right wing QAnon cult/group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
**
3. Bruce Strickland
@Bruce87036
10m
Surfer Jesus.
**
4. Mike Reyes
@SonOfImpeach
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
But, but, this lady said so
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by a photo of tv reporter/host Meghan Kelly with the caption:
“Jesus Was White”- This White Lady
5. Bruce Strickland
@Bruce87036
13m
Ms. Kelly said Santa is white. Jesus, too?
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6. #ADOS Hueysdaughter711
@SandraB42940009
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
That's the Jesus that don't like black people. My Jesus is
Black.
7.
@J47456
2h
Period [emoji of Face with tears of joy]
**
8. mckeonm
@mckeonmk
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Of course. Simple
math: Bethlehem is in the Middle East;
essentially North Africa. A visit to the
Middle East (e.g. Jordan) confirms lots of bronze or dark brown complexions
with tight curly (wooly) hair. Those
denying the humanity of black/brown people ignore this.
9. gary gach
@nobodhi
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
While we're on it, let's not forget. Moses was an Egyptian.
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10. JayO
@KickDatGospel
2h
Grafted in yes because his adopted mom. Moses is still
Hebrew bruh lol. From the tribe of Levi of Israel not Egyptian but probably
blended in because of his skin color. But his wife Zipporah was definitely full
blooded Egyptian.
11.
@tooronlists
1h
you have to understand, modern Egypt has been whitewashed
through Roman invasion. Ancient Egyptians and Ethiopia as well as Nubia were
one in the same.
12. JayO
@KickDatGospel
1h
Yeah bruh I know Roman wanted a polytheistic system. Nubia
and parts of North Africa were already having Christian communities. Roman
started killing Christians because they wouldn’t sacrifice to their gods.
**
13. rb3120
@rbray61
Replying to
@tooronlists
2h
Malibu perm, blue eyes, & from the Middle East. Yeah,
ok. God in His infinite wisdom had angel tell Yosef & Miriam to hide out in
Egypt, to blend in.
**
14. Suzi Taunton
@Suzi_Taunton
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The part about his eyes always had me wondering. Then
supernatural (the show) came out and flame red eyes are bad there lol Its so confusing.
15. ❄Skelatoon❄
@PumpkinSpikon
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
16.
@KickDatGospel
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The bronze color is when he is transfigured same as he was
when Elijah and Moses appeared. Doesn’t necessarily mean he was black either
but Nazarenes were brown skin middle eastern Jews tho. But def not this cat
from Bon Jovi. [emojis of Face with tears of joy, Smiling face with open mouth and cold
sweat]
**
17. wayne
@beandgoodnevel
2h
race is not a skin tone but caucasian is.
**
18. John Rossomando
@JohnRossomando
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that race matters.
19. modern man
@tooronlists
2h
It does. Moses wife was Ethiopian and was ridiculed for it.
**
20. John Rossomando
@JohnRossomando
2h
Whatever. And the Ethiopian Eunuch was among the first
converts.
Race DOES NOT matter. Get over it. Galatians says that it doesn't matter
because all are one in Christ Jesus.
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by a passage from "Acts 8:26 (ESV)
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch"…
21. BumbleBee
@BeeCallaway
1h
It doesn’t matter but the truth does matter. Someone was
obviously bothered enough by the truth that they fooled everyone to believe
this is how Jesus looked
**
22. WhatWorldDoYouWant?
@troublingtome
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Nowhere in the Bible does it say this......
But it's true nonetheless
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by a drawing of a somewhat darker skinned Jesus with the words:
"Jesus was a Middle Eastern bleeding heart liberal socialist who challenged authority and had conviction."
**
23. MM [emoji of a Red heart; multiple drawings of the Flag of United States]
@MMAtlanta
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The only thing missing is his blue eyes.
-snip-
This observation refers to the drawing that was attached to the tweet that started this conversation.
24. BuckSatan
@_HypoLuxa_
2h
He had his contacts out that day. ;)
**
25. Pete
@Silverlake_Pete
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Imagine how “Christians” would react if locked in a room
with the “real” Jesus
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by side by side drawings: one of a brown skinned man and the other
a drawing of the “White Jesus”that was given in the first comment. The first drawing has the caption “Science says this is how Jesus
Christ really looked."
**
Sam
26. Glantzow
@philliesfansd
2h
As a Christian, I'd shrug but sadly think I'm not in the
majority.
Looks not THE big deal about him
27. Market Musings
@AndysCycles
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@nexusmt4
It does in Georgia
28.
@DavidLambertArt
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Jesus was not a white man but that description is from a
vision in Revelation and is likely not a description of his earthly form,
unless you think his hair was white as snow. Also, his *feet* are described as
being like bronze glowing in a furnace, not all of his skin...
**
29. Hundreds
@RandoMusician
2h
Lambs wool meaning tight curls
30. David Lambert
@DavidLambertArt
2h
"The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as
snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire." Doesn't say it was "like
wool" it says it was "white like wool". This is a heavenly
vision, not a description of what his earthly form looked like. He obviously
wasn't a white dude.
**
31. Proud Radical Leftist
@RickWCalProud
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Each culture shows Jesus looking like them.
So what? I would be disappointed if blacks didn’t portray
Him as Black, Oriental as Oriental. White as White.
Let’s not pick a fight.
-snip-
Note that "Oriental is an outdated, offensive referent for Asian people.
**
32. modern man
@tooronlists
3h
Oh I want to pick a fight. Same people who take the Bible
literally are the same ones who eliminate the Bible's actual description.
**
33. [emojis of Raised fist, Rainbow flag, Water wave] Blue Alien
Facehugger
@axiomatic13
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@BluESinTX
There are NO white people in the bible. (No the
romans we're not white.)
**
34. Carson|Dogecoin to the moonlRocket
@CarsonsArt
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Every culture has their own depctions of Jesus, we all know
that Jesus wasn't actually white.
**
35. Edward Patrick Vogel
@MathArt4All
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
He likely looked more
Chris Rock than Allman Brother rock.
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36. Miss Leah Blue heart
@LeahsLounge
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
This Jesus looks Scandinavian, and we're mostly Pagans. Jesus was Black, he needs to be portrayed as
such.
**
37. Raymond Logan
@Raymond41796203
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
For centuries, the most common image of Jesus Christ, at
least in Western cultures, has been that of a bearded, fair-skinned man with
long, wavy, light brown or blond hair and (often) blue eyes. But the Bible
doesn’t describe Jesus physically ......
**
38. 🇺🇲Cranky Pants🇺🇲
@Jackarooty
1h
Jesus probably looked more Ike Yasser Arafat, than Ryan
Gosling
**
39. Leprechaun3834
@lscain3834
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
True dat!
40. SallyL
@LeitchSally
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Jesus was middle eastern, he was a brown skin man. The
church I grew up in only had Jesus as a white person. But, I figured it out by
geography.
**
41. Bugsy Megatron [multiple emojis of Water wave]
@bugsymegatron
3h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Jesus was a dark skinned Jew with most likely kinky black
hair. Somehow Evangelicals can't quite process that.
42. Chez
@Snikxx
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The irony as well. People on the street looking like this
picture are hated by "christians" too.
**
43. [emojis of Grinning cat face with smiling eyes, Woman dancing] DancesWithCats [emojis of Woman
in lotus position,Grinning cat face with smiling eyes]
@SeekingPrajna
2h
Always baffles me that so many Christians hate Jewish people
but worship a Jewish man!
**
44. r3h0l3s
@R3H0L3S
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
obviously one of the early miracles was sun block. he also wore white year round in a desert
region yet stayed "immaculate".
-snip-
This tweet refers to the drawing of Jesus that accompanied the first tweet in this conversation.
**
45. john williams
@johnw612
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
A couple places near where he was born have images where he
is black. For the most part some pope decided images of saints we’re being
idolized more than what their act meant to religion. He removed them all.
Centuries later When they were redone It was in the image of Romans.
**
46. @ Black Jesus com
@BlackJesuscom
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@karenhunter
The essence of white supremacy from 1619
until now has been about violence and mind control.
**
47. Amber *Convict Trump* Elyse
@anhonestmommy
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
White Evangelicals are going to have a fit when they meet a
POC Jesus that straight up asks them how they could be so hateful to his
children in his own name.
-snip-
"POC" = Person of Color
48.
@LetsTakeATrip
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Just wait a few decades, and Obama, too, will have blonde
hair and blue eyes.
**
49. SPANKY
@Malforn
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Wool is dirty as all hell till they bleach and clean it.
Bronze is a light skin person so I think they mean he was with middle eastern
or possible African descent
50.
@PO67910065
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Given the part of the world he came from common sense tells
us chances are he didn't look like Tom Cruise
**
51. House Salad
@BeansPickle
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Everybody obsessed with Jesus’s looks but not his words. [emoji of Face with rolling eyes]
**
52. NatsMusicTeachr
@NatsMusicTeachr
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@lula_reh
Is that the Catholic Bible? I've never read that. But I know
he was Jewish, probably dark skinned. Definitely not a white guy with long
golden locks.
53.
@flem_dawg
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@YorsLeah
I don’t care what color his skin is, God is good!
**
54. Joe Reynolds
@joecam75
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
If you’re cool ncentrating on his appearance and not his
message, then you are being disingenuous.
**
55. Joe Reynolds
@joecam75
2h
*concentrating
**
56. Magnolia Viper
@OleanderNectar
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Had a hard time with the Swiss looking Jesus since I was
little. The silky ash blonde hair, blue
eyes, alabaster skin a little too too.
**
57. Front Row Seat To The Freak Show
@Puddinth
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
I believe the term is olive-skinned which is type 3-5 on the
Fitzpatrick scale. It's common in the Mediterranean, middle east, and many
Latin countries. He wasn't pasty white or charcoal black, but a medium
tan/brown. Anyone who says otherwise usually has an agenda to push.
**
58. JT Trask
@jordanttrask
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that
we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows
and acquainted with[d] grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
Isaiah 53.
59.
@marilyn_press
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@DeVos1990
I would bet you dollars to doughnuts that Jesus looked
nothing like this picture.
**
60. Jim From A Red State #Resist
@x1x2x3x4435
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Can you imagine the mental gymnastics it took people to get
to that picture? But then I guess it's not that hard to see how it happened
-snip-
This tweet is accompanied by a photo of very overweight former President trump golfing and a fan's drawing of a buffed up (very athletically fit) trump as an award winning professional boxer.
**
61. GibsonRickenbacker
@GibsonRickenba1
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The skin color of Jesus is irrelevant. He was here for
everyone. We all should be too.
62. Anastasia Beaverhausen [emoji of Water wave]
@ImJacksDejaVu
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
I've never understood how Jesus was a blonde hair, blue eyed
white dude, but he traveled around the desert...so was he like Malibu Jesus?
63.
@bigtexan20
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
PREACH!
64.
@texicanwife
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@CamoRambo_
No I'm sure He didn't.He was probably dark skinned, and yes,
with hair like lamb's wool. But when each of us see Him in our mind's eye we
see what we most resonate with. It doesn't really matter what we perceive Jesus
to look like as much as the faith we have in believing in Him.
**
65. Fran P
@FranP20
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@bettybake7
Jesus was Jewish. He likely had olive skin and dark hair. https://pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/jesus/bornliveddied.html
66. Joanna Williams
@biblewoman2001
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Why does it matter what color he was? He gave his life on
the cross for everyone who accepts. Would you not accept him if he were not
what you pictured?❤❤
67. Positionadjust
@positionadjust
1h
It must matter somebody decided to make him white
68. Fran P
@FranP20
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
and
@bettybake7
Judeans of the time were biologically closer to Iraqi Jews
than to any other contemporary population, and thus in terms of physical
appearance the average Judean of the time would have likely had dark brown to
black hair, olive skin, and brown eyes. Judean men of the time period
**
69. Kim Susanne
@delilahstrict
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Next thing you're going to tell me is he didn't speak
English......
70. Ginny Lee (Virginia)
@MiloSara4
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
The Jesus I grew up with in my house & still is has dark
skinned. Considering the area he was in,
of course his skin will be darker! I
don’t care what color he is! But I sure
wish he’d listen to my prayers already. Color of ppls skin has never bothered
me. Thanks Mom & Daddy!
**
71. wrmineo
@wrmineo
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Evangelicals raised on "baby white Jesus" are more
likely to fail to see fellow human beings as equals; instead, they see an
"other."
72. Sweetiepeas
@sweetiepeas13
1h
Not always, I was raised that Jesus looked caucasian. BUT I
was raised in diversity and knew in Hispanic households he looked Hispanic and
same w/ other races that I grew up around. Same with Santa and the tooth fairy.
Raise them right and they'll judge the person not skin color.
73. DaWatcher
@DaWatcher7
2h
Replying to
@tooronlists
People in the past described him based on what they know
(Europeans and white ya know) instead of the historically accurate one.
74. Walt/R
@WalzonWalt
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
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75. Löwin Schwarze
@LowinSchwarze
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
I'm confused. You started with, "The Bible
says..." and then ended with "Nowhere in the Bible...". I'm on
your side as I think you know, Modern (I truly support your voice), but again,
just confused on this particular message.
**
76. modern man
@tooronlists
1h
My simple point is Jesus was not an Aryan even though they
place all their beliefs on it. It is called whitewashing.
77. Terry
@Terry85206
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Yeah, Not to many blondes in the middle east..
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78. [drawing of a Lobster; emoji of Blue heart]LobstahGrl is ANTI FASCIST [emoji of a Blue
heart; drawing of a Lobster]
@lobstah_luvah
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
AMEN.
79. Patricia
@Pattycake2668
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
I remember the first time I saw a black Jesus, it took me by
surprise. I had to think long and hard
about it ( I was young, in HS). In
college, that is when I fully understood that Jesus is middle eastern. To each to their own. [emoji of Smiling face with
smiling eyes]
80. Robbie
@RobbieCoachella
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
A Palestinian, Aramaic-speaking Jew did not look like this
fellow.
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81. ResistsGOPRacism
@CherylRaeEvans
1h
Replying to
@tooronlists
Amen Brotha!!!
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