Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Jewish religious leader who was crucified in Jerusalem after his teaching and reported miracle-working incurred the disfavor of the Roman government of Palestine. In Christianity, Jesus is seen as Christ and as the Son of God.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Greek form of
Joshua , used in the authorized version of the Bible twice to designate the Jewish leader so named (Acts vii. 45, Heb. iv. 8), once to designate a man called Justus (Col. iv. 11), and elsewhere as the personal name of the Saviour, frequently conjoined with Christ, the Anointed, the official title. - noun With the article, a representation of the crucifixion or of the ecce homo, or even of the mere emblem of Christ, such as the I. H. S. or : used in old inventories, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The
savior ; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation. - proper noun The Roman Catholic order whose members are called Jesuits. See
Jesuit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Jesus of
Nazareth , aJewish man whomChristians callJesus Christ in belief that he is theMessiah . - proper noun A male
given name in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling ofJesús . - noun A Christian savior.
- noun An artistic representation of a Christian savior.
- interjection An
expletive , whose use is consideredblasphemous in some Christiansects .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Reply: jesus ate meat regularly regarding the passover; Jesus would have performed the passover ritual for years (he was a rabbi) and all involved would have partaken of the meat.
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I don't usually throw out one of the, "jesus this post was golden" comments, but Jesus was this post a solid slab of kickass with a liberal sprinkling of awesomesauce throughout.
Nice Assist: Worth its Weight in Milk BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Who killed Jesus is a topic of much debate: was it the Jews, the Romans, a combination, Jesus\ 'own father, a plot requirement?
Katie Halper: Christians: Send Your Jewish Friends "Thank You for Christmas" Greeting Cards 2009
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Who killed Jesus is a topic of much debate: was it the Jews, the Romans, a combination, Jesus\ 'own father, a plot requirement?
Katie Halper: Christians: Send Your Jewish Friends "Thank You for Christmas" Greeting Cards 2009
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JESUS LOVES FAGS because it's true and it gets in the face of everybody--the fundamentalists, the evangelicals, the strict secularists, the atheists, the public schools, and some gay people who don't realize yet that Jesus loves them.
"The homosexual agenda has been carefully crafted and packaged to change the way Americans think about homosexuality." Ann Althouse 2009
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Jesus is God with innocents attached.
January 8, 2023