Jesus was neither white (as in European) nor black (as in sub-Saharan African) in the modern racial sense. He was a Jewish man from the Middle East, born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth in 1st-century Judea, a region in what is today Israel/Palestine.
Likely Appearance Based on History and Anthropology:
- Skin Tone: Likely olive or medium brown, typical of Semitic peoples in the region at that time.