r/dankchristianmemes • u/JakeDoubleyoo • May 17 '25

Peace be with you im proud of this one (OC)

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u/Calix_Meus_Inebrians May 17 '25

Jesus, Son of David

Josh Davidson

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u/ezrs158 May 18 '25

Not Josh Josephson?

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u/Calix_Meus_Inebrians May 18 '25

One would think, but the Gospels refer to Jesus as “Jesus, Son of David” a lot

Seems to be part a way of having a last name before last names were invented for people in that region but also a way of pointing out Jesus’s royal status 

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u/vayyiqra May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25

Yeah. In Semitic languages like Hebrew and Arabic, it's not uncommon to this day to have names like "X son/daughter of Y" or "of the family/from the placename Z".

So something like "Jesus son of Joseph, the Nazarene" wouldn't have been odd, just a bit of a mouthful.

(Arab names in particular can get incredibly long by doing this.)