Etymology

Proper noun

1. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom Christians name Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah.
2. in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of .

Usage notes

• The possessive of the Jesus as the name of the Christian Messiah may be either Jesus’s or Jesus' , pronounced in the same way as the name. Traditionally, the latter is used. In the case of the male given name, Jesus’s is the usual form.

Noun

1. A Christian savior.
   • William Revell Moody (ed.), "Record of Christian Work", 1913, p 441

     And, says George Eliot, and all who believe in her teaching, it is perfectly true that He is with us now in a dumb, vague, blessed impulse. Is that your Jesus? If I may recall my illustration of the train, I will tell you of my Jesus.

   • Scot McKnight, "Jesus and His Death", 2005, p152

     ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus is more Jewish than your Jesus"...

   • Clinton Bennett, "In Search of Jesus", 2001, p231

     Your Jesus is my Jesus' greatest enemy

   • Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus", from the album "Violator", 1989.

     Your own personal Jesus

2. An artistic representation of a Christian savior.

Interjection

1. An expletive, whose use is considered blasphemous in some Christian sects.

See also

• Christ
• Jesus of Nazereth
• Lion of Judah
• Messiah
• savior, saviour

• Son of David
• Son of Man
• Yeshua
• Everlasting Father
• The Beginning and The End