February 22, 2022

Ep 17 The Bible In Black History Pt 3 - NT Black Characters and Early Church Fathers

35 minutes

In scripture, we see the tremendous contribution of people of African descent in biblical history and early church history. Check out this episode.

Matthew 1:1-14 - The genealogy of Jesus, in which four Afro-Asiatic women are included: Rahab, Tamar, Ruth, and Bathsheba.

Matthew 2:13-18 - Out of Egypt (Africa) have I called my son (see Hosea 11:1).

Matthew 12:42 - The Queen of the South, meaning "the Queen of Sheba" (parallel reference in Luke 11:31; compare 1 Kings 10:1-10 and 2 Chronicles 9:1-9).

Matthew 27:32 - Simon of Cyrene compelled to carry the cross (parallel accounts in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26).

Acts 2:9-10 - The Jewish pilgrims gathered at Pentecost included persons of African descent, notably the Elamites of Mesopotamia and those from Egypt, Libya, and Cyrene.

Acts 8:26-40 - The Ethiopian Finance Minister on a mission for the Queen of the Ethiopians, the Candace; he is baptized as perhaps the first non-Jew (an early tradition that rivals the baptism of Cornelius).

Acts 13:1 - Two of the four prophets and teachers at Antioch (where persons of the Way were first called Christians--11:26) were Africans, namely Lucius of Cyrene and Simeon who was called Niger, a Latinism for "the Black Man."

Acts 18:24,25 - Apollos, the Jew of Alexandria in North Africa, becomes converted (1 Corinthians 3).

1 Corinthians 3:11 - Apollos, the African Preacher (he was from Alexandria on the Nile Delta.)

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By Lee Fuller

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