• criticon@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    That’s why some crosses have “INRI” written: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum

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      7 months ago

      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.”