Jeremy vs Jesus - What's the difference?
jeremy | jesus |
, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
* 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 2:17 :
* 1840 John Bowring: Memoirs of Jeremy Bentham. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, p.169 :
Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom many Christians consider the son of God and call Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah, and whom Muslims believe to be a prophet.
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*1971 (Ruth Rendell), No More Dying Then , Random House (2009), ISBN 9780099534853, page 195:
*:Frensham opened the door and called a name that sounded like 'Haysus'. Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters. When the manservant had gone, Frensham said, 'Odd, aren't they, the Spanish? Calling a boy Jesus .'
A Christian savior.
* William Revell Moody (ed.), "Record of Christian Work", 1913,
* Scot McKnight, "Jesus and His Death", 2005,
* Clinton Bennett, "In Search of Jesus", 2001,
* Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus", from the album "Violator", 1989.
An artistic representation of a Christian savior.
An expletive, the use of which is considered blasphemous among some Christians.
As proper nouns the difference between jeremy and jesus
is that jeremy is while jesus is jesus.jeremy
English
Proper noun
(en-proper noun) (plural Jeremys )- Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.
- He had the name of Jeremy given to him, because Jeremiah, as his father said, was a family name; and there was an advantage in curtailing a syllable, and in showing a preference towards the names of the New Testament over those of the old.
jesus
English
Proper noun
(wikipedia Jesus) (en proper noun)Coordinate terms
* (religious founder) Muhammad, Buddha, Zoroaster, Rishabha, Baha'ullah, Moses, , Confucius * (deity) Allah, Vishnu, Ahura Mazda, Ra, Waheguru, Sage, Odin, Zeus, JahDerived terms
(terms derived from "Jesus") * Jesus boots * Jesus Christ * Jesus freak * Jesus of Nazareth * Jesus phone * Jesus pieceUsage notes
* The possessive of the Jesus may be either Jesus’s'' (pronounced with three syllables) or ''Jesus’ (pronounced with two syllables). The latter form was traditionally more common when referred to the Christian figure while the former is more common when referring to other people named Jesus, but both forms are attested in both cases. See .Noun
(Jesuses)p 441
- And, says George Eliot, and all who believe in her teaching, it is perfectly true that He is with us now in a dumb, vague, blessed impulse. Is that your Jesus'? If I may recall my illustration of the train, I will tell you of my ' Jesus .
p152
- ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus' is more Jewish than your ' Jesus "...
p231
- Your Jesus' is my ' Jesus' greatest enemy
- Your own personal Jesus
Interjection
(en interjection)- Jesus , that was close!