I had someone on reddit argue that the icons show “white” people on their gravestones, so he was probably white. I think he really believed it and it was pretty hilarious to see them do brain exercises to get Jesus to be white. Never mind that the coloring was probably adjusted on the screen, the pigment was falling off and they were 2000 years old. Also, it’s encaustic, which is painting with wax and has a sheen.
This is the one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encaustic_painting#/media/F…
Dragon@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I saw a painting in a church of John the Baptist and, well…Image
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Holy shit that’s amazing.
“What colour was John the Baptist?”
Well, most people there are brown, so brown!
“Uhh, then what colour is Jesus?”
The fuck you mean by that? He’s Jesus!
tetris11@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I mean there are white arabs/people in that area, but yeah very selective in their portrayal of christ
seeigel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Jesus is the son of God, not of Joseph. Of course he is white.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 month ago
He knows. Doesn’t want to admit it, but he knows.
Bloomcole@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You mean Juan the Baptist?
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Juanito the Baptisto