From Niger to Nigger
Author | : Dante Fortson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 1076224695 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781076224699 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Niger to Nigger written by Dante Fortson and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the apostle Simeon was nicknamed Niger... pronounced NEE-GER in Latin? Growing up, I was taught that it was pronounced ny-jer, so I never gave it any additional thought. A couple of years ago, a friend of mine brought up the reference in Acts, which motivated me to give it a second look. Let's start by looking at the verse: "Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul." - Acts 13:1 We're going to dig into every aspect of this verse, starting with the word "Niger" and then we're going to investigate what I believe to be a list of black apostles in the Bible.