Is "Christ", Jesus' last name?

[her209]

I'm watching the Discovery Channel show but they just keep referring to him as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus son of Joseph.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

No, "Christ" is not a surname, it is a title.

 

[judasmachine]

Christ was added later, and more refers to him like a title, not a name.

 

[hjo3]

They probably avoided the term because it means "messiah." And calling him that sort of implies belief.

 

[imported_cheapdude]

Which reminds me, I ordered a paypal debit card with the name Jesus Christ on it and I have no problem using it at bars/stores to buy liquor and cigarettes.

 

[DainBramaged]

All I know is that "H" is his middle initial.

 

[KLin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ

 

[3NF]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
All I know is that "H" is his middle initial.

I thought it was F.

 

[Dedpuhl]

yep. He's Jesus Hank Christ, esq.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: cheapdude
Which reminds me, I ordered a paypal debit card with the name Jesus Christ on it and I have no problem using it at bars/stores to buy liquor and cigarettes.

stfu n00b

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: her209
I'm watching the Discovery Channel show but they just keep referring to him as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus son of Joseph.

No last names existed back then. It was 1st name and where they were from. At least if I remember right from watching History Channel. :/

her209 from California.
her209 from Orange County

Family Name came into 12 century, according to Wikipedia.

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: microAmp
No last names existed back then.

Then what's up with Judas Iscariot?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: hjo3

Originally posted by: microAmp
No last names existed back then.

Then what's up with Judas Iscariot?

From Wikipedia:" What Iscariot signifies is unclear, other than its Greek suffix -otes, like English "-ite" or "-ian". No territory "Iscaria" has ever existed."

The secondary names that appear to be surnames in the New Testament usually denote where the person came from.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
yep. He's Jesus Hank Christ, esq.

No, it's Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.

 

[leftyman]

I thought Jesus was from Chicago?

 

[DaShen]

bar Joseph

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
All I know is that "H" is his middle initial.

lmao


Ausm

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: cheapdude
Which reminds me, I ordered a paypal debit card with the name Jesus Christ on it and I have no problem using it at bars/stores to buy liquor and cigarettes.

Shens until u post a pic

 

[LS20]

first name Hay Seuss
middle name Humberto
last name Christ

 

[dethman]

there was this hispanic kid in elementary school i thought whose name was zeus because everybody called him 'hey, zeus'.

much much later i found out his name was jesus.

how come mexicans name their kid jesus but white people don't?

 

[TeeJay1952]

Yasua Ben Joseph.
Didn't the graves (ossuaries) have Jesus inscribed on them? Seemed to indicate either fraud or different dude. (IMHO)

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: dethman
there was this hispanic kid in elementary school i thought whose name was zeus because everybody called him 'hey, zeus'.

much much later i found out his name was jesus.

how come mexicans name their kid jesus but white people don't?

Because it's how you say Joshua in Spanish. Like how Paul is Pablo and James is Diego. Their name for Jesus Christ is Jesu Cristo.

Christ comes from the Greek for "Annoited One." Jesus may have been a Jew but the first Christians were Greeks.

Jesus' name in Aramaic, his native language, would have been Yeshua bar Yusef (Joshua son of Joseph).

Like most ancient names, and particularly Hebrew names, Joshua (Yehoshua) has a meaning, "God (Jehovah) is salvation."

 

[Al Neri]

if you think of it as "Jesus the Christ" you are on the ball.

 

[Electric Amish]

Jesus said he was from Chihuahua...