facts about jesus

ok now im not sure this will work as it may be much too general, but heres the situation. some time soon im going to be quizzed on random FACTS about jesus and early christianity. Not real important stuff, but questions like “what do the initials “INRI” mean when depicted on the cross” (i know the answer to that one)

anyone with any of these would be much appreciated.

Just for laughs, put James Morrow’s explanation: “I’m not returning immediately.”

I got nothing.

Or Leopold Bloom:

ive also heard I’m Nailed Right In

but no i know what IRNI means. translated literally, “jesus of nazareth, king of the jews”

i need other random stuff like this though

I don’t know if you’re going to be able to get any hard “facts”, as pretty much the only account we have of him is the New Testament, and the factual content is disputed. I’d say the best you could do is to just read the NT over a few times, and take notes.

Who’s going to be quizzing you? Are they associated with a particular church or denomination? Is it part of a class?

Knowing who’s asking might help determine what they’d be likely to ask.

its not any like church member its a guy who knows a great deal about random stuff. things like “where did the name ‘christ’ come from?”

Fun fact about Jesus! He could yodel!

:cool:

Here’s a neat fact: Not using the SHIFT key makes the Baby Jesus cry.

As does using the shift key for the first letter of the first word after a colon mid-sentence.

Mary’s Kid is a touchy little dickens, isn’t He? I heard lions make Him cry, too.

Mary was the first Mother to holler, “Jesus! Were You born in a barn? Shut that door!”

“Christ” isn’t a name, it’s a title. It’s Greek, and its meaning is roughly the same as “messiah”. Jesus is the Greek version of the guy’s name - his friends might have called him Yeshua (Joshua).

INRI is Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum. It’s Latin, it has the same meaning you said in your first post (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews) and the "i"s are actually "j"s.

This sounds a lot like homework. Why is your friend likely to be giving you a quiz, and why do you know it will be about Jesus?

Jesus is a 24 year old from The Bronx, NY. He has no formal singing training, but he is quite handy.

He’s never been in my kitchen.

Jesus works for Black Mamba.

Jésus Chang, that is.

He’s dead.

If you have a specific question about Jesus, you can start a thread here, but this is too general for General Questions.

This is closed.

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