Question

What is Jesus' middle name?

Answer 1

is it Phil? or something cooler like Existentialism

Answer 2

There have been various theories, but the one that seems most plausible is that it comes from the Greek monogram for Jesus, IHS or IHC. This is formed from the first two letters plus the last letter of His name in Greek (the letters iota, eta, and sigma; in the second instance, the C is a Byzantine Greek form of sigma). The H is actually the capital letter form of eta, but churchgoers who were unfamiliar with Greek took it to be a Latin H.

Answer 3

It is assumed that his name was Joshua (Jesus being the Greek form) and since he was considered to be the son of Joseph he would be Joshua Ben-Joseph. So I guess Ben would be his middle name, which really means (son of, or begotten of).

Answer 4

Interesting question. I don't think anyody actually knows for sure, but hearing people say "Jesus H. Christ!" makes me think it must begin with a H.

Answer 5

It starts with H...

Just kidding...

Christ is a title, (such as Neron Kaiser) and "Jesus" is a proper name.

In ancient times he would have went by Yeshua Bar Yusif, or if you really want to provoke people Yeshua Bar Yahweh

Answer 6

The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (Ιησούς), is transliterated iota-eta-sigma: IHS, ΙΗϹ (with lunate sigma), JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harold Christ,[3] Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "hallowed" of the Lord's Prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name." The H has also been said to stand for "Holy."

Answer 7

hmmm... fascinating

Answer 8

Jesus Christ does not have a "middle" name. He has many names that refer to Him such as Messiah, Lamb of God, Son of God, etc. Thanks! God bless<><

Answer 9

IHS is commonly misconceived to be the initials of Jesus.

The Latin language has no 'J", and we adopted the J in modern language to be a form of a long 'I'. His original name, "Iesus" was the Latinization of the Hebrew 'Yeshua'
i.e. the INRI symbol above the cross stands for (I)esus (N)azareum (R)ex (I)udarorum or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews... My Latin is very rusty so it may be spelled slighty wrong

IHS dates from the conversion of Constantine, where he was said prior to the Battle of the Mivlian Bridge to have adorned his army's shield with the symbol of Christ. He was told: "In Hoc Signes Vinces" meaning "under this sign you shall conquer"

Therefore, IHS stands for In Hoc Signis