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minus-squareTabooki@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoNotice there was no letter J around the time of Jesus. Hrmmm 😆
minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoThat’s why some crosses have “INRI” written: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum
minus-squareTabooki@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoThe name “Jesus” comes from the Greek Iēsous, which is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or sometimes the longer form, Yehoshua), meaning “Yahweh saves.”
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months ago “Yahweh saves.” … so Jesus is basically “God Saves” so “Jesus Saves” is just “God Saves Saves”?
Notice there was no letter J around the time of Jesus. Hrmmm 😆
That’s why some crosses have “INRI” written: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum
The name “Jesus” comes from the Greek Iēsous, which is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or sometimes the longer form, Yehoshua), meaning “Yahweh saves.”
… so Jesus is basically “God Saves” so “Jesus Saves” is just “God Saves Saves”?
Hence Iesus Nazarenus in Latin.