Who says that? European artists? I have seen a black jesus, I have seen a brown Virgin Mary.They say jesus had blue eyes too.
Do you have any evidence that he didn't?They say jesus had blue eyes too.
As someone who spent plenty of time in the middle east, I can safely say there were plenty of blue eyed devils there. Some lighter than other, some darker. Granted they were not the norm, but it more than a few.The fact that he was born in the middle east?