Jesuses

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Jesus (“the Christian savior”) form-of, plural

    "The Manichaeans had two Jesuses, an impassive and a passive, a Savior of souls and a Savior of bodies."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of Jesus form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Jesus (male given name) form-of, plural

    "In his Antiquities, of the twenty -eight high priests who held office from the reign of Herod the Great to the fall of the Temple, no fewer than four bore the name Jesus: Jesus ben Phiabi, Jesus ben Sec, Jesus ben Damneus and Jesus ben Gamaliel. Even Saint Paul makes reference to a rival magician, preaching ‘another Jesus’ (2 Corinthians 11,4). The surfeit of early Jesuses includes:[…]"

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"In his Antiquities, of the twenty -eight high priests who held office from the reign of Herod the Great to the fall of the Temple, no fewer than four bore the name Jesus: Jesus ben Phiabi, Jesus ben Sec, Jesus ben Damneus and Jesus ben Gamaliel. Even Saint Paul makes reference to a rival magician, preaching ‘another Jesus’ (2 Corinthians 11,4). The surfeit of early Jesuses includes:[…]"

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