Funny. I was imagining a conversation with Dan and saying that I won't ask any dumb questions like where does the H in Jesus H Christ come from and then he goes, "actually that's not a dumb question."
In one minute and 40 seconds, this man answered numerous questions I’ve had for decades that my devoutly Catholic family of 20+ members could not answer for me
The three wise men were entering the manger when one of them tripped and Spilled the myrrh all over the ground. That wise man said oh Jesus christ. Mary heard that and said Jesus Christ huh, I guess that's better than herbert. Thus was born the name Jesus H christ.
According to the Gospel According to Biff, by Christopher Moore (a hilarious work of fiction about Jesus), the H is indeed his middle name. It stands for Hallowed from the prayer "... Hallowed be thy name..."
I had a friend in High School who had a similar deal. His Middle initial was also the second letter of his first name. Nobody believed it was actually his middle initial. Everybody thought he was just trolling the Attendance Office.
Had a guy I was in the army with, whose family tradition was the men used an uncles name as their middle name, or something similar… So his name was Daniel Robert Roberts…
Im immediately reminded of the scene from Full Metal Jacket where the drill instructor finds a jelly doughnut in Pyle's footlocker 😂😂😂 "Jesus H. Christ"
I always just figured the H stood for Holy like when someone says “Danger” is my middle name (and they are a thrill seeker) Just a thought since JC is the holiest of holies!
I always just assumed that "H" just seemed like a funny middle initial and never really thought more on it. I mean, usually people go with "J" as a made-up middle initial, but Jesus J Christ almost sounds like a Marvel character, so maybe that wouldn't work.
Thank you, sir. You have done a great service to all Christendom. But please do explain where the addition of Roosevelt comes from. This is a matter of grave, theological concern.
And all this time I thought it was just some ancient meme, like the joke about how John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh share a middle name. Had no idea there was an actual (if farfetched) reason to think Jesus' middle initial was H!
The H stands for Harold, named after his father - we know this from the Lord's prayer: Our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name - h/t Scott Alexander, unsong.
There is something this guy did not mention in the video that leads me to believe there could be another explanation for the letter H in the Greek symbol, because the letter H probably stands for Hamashiach. The Christ is known in some cultures as Yeshua Hamashiach.
A friend of mine in High school always liked 'Horatio' Also, like.. Christ gets used as his surname but it's his title. Or, to be blunter.. it's his job. I'm not Jeremiah Insuranceman.
I love your videos, Dan. But I’m _pretty_ sure it stands for Harold. That’s what I was always taught! (Just for clarity that was also clearly a joke my mum “taught” me, and I’m not sure if it was an in joke in her immediate family, or if it was just a culture thing of England in her time, or maybe it was my mum’s own personal joke. I know my great grandfather was a bishop.)
well, since I was going to jump in with my own hilariously imaginitive and original insistence that Harold was Jesus' middle name - I reckon there's just something about it that appeals to English folk of a certain age. We had a king of that name who got shot in the eye - a pretty stand out way to die, I think you'll agree, and the raucous cry of 'Harold' is forever seared into the collective unconscious due to a famous sitcom of the 1970's (Steptoe and Son). I mean, it's just a funny name, enjoyable to say, comedically anachronistic...and there aren't exactly many other options. Horatio - too much gravitas. Hugo - too posh, Jesus was a man of the people.
@@bengreen171 well that’s interesting! I’m an elder millennial but my mum had me pretty late, she’s one of the youngest of the silent generation. I was never much into Steptoe and Son, didn’t that start a couple decades earlier though, in black and white?
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated well - I grew up watching the repeats and they were all in colour - but - and I'm going to get nerdy here...in fact I'm surprising myself about just how much I seem to know about this - if I remember correctly, there was an original one off made in the late 60's, and the UK didn't start broadcasting colour TV until the very end of the decade, which explains why there were a few episodes in black and white. I'm generation X. TV is all we had - and all we needed. I watched it all and it seems to have sunk in.
What's even funnier is that his name was not Jesus. It was Yeshu. It doesn't really matter, because they changed everything. So now no one what knows what Yeshu actually said or did. They just made it all up. Now unfortunate people torture themselves (and others) believing things that Yeshu most likely never said.
Like the many names registered at Ellis Island. A friend told me that his family's name was not Cory, it was actually Saad. An immigration official had asked his grandfather for his name. His grandfather answered 'Khouri' which was his profession.
Answer: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) was transliterated to Latin IESVS, where it stood for many centuries. I guess we only use the Latin Letters when we feel like it.
But where does “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick” come from? It seems anachronistic. AFAIK there weren’t pogo sticks in biblical times. Perhaps the pogo stick was added later (and a pogo stick sort of resembles a cross). Setting aside that question, we’re still left with the “jumping” characteristic. No where in the Bible is there any mention of Jesus jumping or leaping. Maybe there’s something that can be construed as a trampoline or bouncy castle in the gospels rejected from the Bible.
In order to understand scripture and just about everything else we see or hear, one has to study a whole lot more about language than most people ever do. For example, the term magi specifically refers to magicians. Everything we encounter in life is 10 times more interesting when we understand the intricacies of language.
@@squiddwizzard8850yeah..the word magicians comes from the word magi, but the magi were not in cute black suits doing card tricks. Magician and magi are related terms, but different.
I always thought the H. was added so that it wasn't the name of The Lord, and you wouldn't be taking that name in vain. So... Where does Christ on a bicycle come from?
Well don't forget "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" so if we say Jesus H Christ, that's some other guy with the middle initial H not Lord Jesus
Since Christ is actually a title meaning, "Messiah," or more specifically, "Anointed One," His middle initial should be "T"...as in Jesus The Christ. Of course, that English Language approach ignores any Latin, Greek, and/or Hebrew etymology, which would certainly change the letter to something else, _but_ the principle remains the same.😉
Things said in the heat of the moment of parental frustration. I heard it a lot growing up. It makes it a better swear word. Maybe the ha in Yeshua ha Machiah?
@@hrvatskinoahid1048 I like my answer better as that was what I experienced. When I learned Messiah's real name was Yeshua and not Jesus I told my dad "remember all those times you swore at us, taking the Lord's name in vain?" And he said "yes I do." I then told him that since Messiah's real name is Yeshua, he really didnt take the true name in vain so he really didnt sin. My dad smiled when he realized I was right. I of course then made sure to remind him "then there's all his other sins he needed to repent of" which caused him to break out in major laughter. So that was a happy memory between us. 😊
Funny. I was imagining a conversation with Dan and saying that I won't ask any dumb questions like where does the H in Jesus H Christ come from and then he goes, "actually that's not a dumb question."
In one minute and 40 seconds, this man answered numerous questions I’ve had for decades that my devoutly Catholic family of 20+ members could not answer for me
The three wise men were entering the manger when one of them tripped and Spilled the myrrh all over the ground. That wise man said oh Jesus christ. Mary heard that and said Jesus Christ huh, I guess that's better than herbert. Thus was born the name Jesus H christ.
That's one crowded manger.
This is not the scholarly consensus.
😂
@@johnrichardson7629 I'm just way ahead of the scholars.
now i know.,😊
Always been a mystery to me too, since I've always heard his middle name as being "Fucking."
F---'s first name isn't "What the".
I've made that joke before too. 😂
It's also compounded into JHFC.
@@chong2389 That one is Country Club Jesus because he has four initials.
😂😂😂
No way. That's THC, man. Jesus 420 confirmed. 😁
I never thought there was a real answer to that question. Thanks again Dan.
I Love that IFL Science just shared this video in an article.
Thank you Doc, for putting academia first.
*Howard.*
*"Our father, who art in Heaven, Howard be thy name."*
*Harold
Fascinating! I have wondered about that from time to time, but never realized the answer would be so interesting.
Now you have to apply the same scholarly research to the "tapdancing" part. :)
That was worth the price of admission....thanks i needed that.
How much did you pay to get here?
I'm sticking to the theory that my best friend and I came up with in high school: The H stands for his middle name, Hector.
Maybe Hector was the divine name all along
I like Harry better. Or maybe Hernandez
Dude, it's been right there the whole time:
"Our father, who art in heaven, HAROLD be thy name!"
@@nmappraiser9926 damn you win
@@nmappraiser9926 I'm a non-trinitarian so the father's name may be Harold but Jesus's middle name is Hector.
(What you said was funny as hell btw)
I thought for the longest time it came from the acronym 'Iesu Hoc Christos' that I saw on some Latin crosses - happy to learn something new!
Our father who art in heaven Howard be thy name.
Jesus Howard Christ!!
Good explanation. As an atheist, it is funny what questions stick in the back of your mind sometimes.
Nice! I find definite value in your videos, Dan. Appreciate you, brother. 👍
"In Latin... Jehovah begins with an I!"
That's because 'J' was too difficult to carve into stone. Hence, V used rather than U.
According to the Gospel According to Biff, by Christopher Moore (a hilarious work of fiction about Jesus), the H is indeed his middle name. It stands for Hallowed from the prayer "... Hallowed be thy name..."
That’s what came to my mind when I started watching this video. I need to reread Lamb, it was so good.
But also Emanuel. They always forget that one. That's supposed to be his real name. Oops, failed prophecy.
I was looking to see if anyone else commented this before I did. Love that book
I once knew an extremely dogmatic and rather annoying Catholic called Harold. My friends and I always referred to him as 'Harold be thy name".
This is fantastic. I had no idea, and I love it.
Kewl! But...where did he get his bicycle?
I had a friend in High School who had a similar deal. His Middle initial was also the second letter of his first name. Nobody believed it was actually his middle initial. Everybody thought he was just trolling the Attendance Office.
Had a guy I was in the army with, whose family tradition was the men used an uncles name as their middle name, or something similar…
So his name was Daniel Robert Roberts…
I had a coworker who's name was Joe, and his initials were JOE. So we all just called him JoJo and yes, he went on many bizarre adventures.
And all time I thought it stood for Howard. Like in the Lords Prayer.
I always thought his middle name was Horatio. Well you learn something new every day.
I always thought it was because the prayer says, "Hallowed Be Thy Name"...Thus Jesus Hallowed Christ. 😂
Howard, as in "our father who art in heaven, Howard be thy name."
I've heard various "middle names" for Jesus Christ, my favorite being Jump Ropin' 😂
Im immediately reminded of the scene from Full Metal Jacket where the drill instructor finds a jelly doughnut in Pyle's footlocker 😂😂😂
"Jesus H. Christ"
You mean his middle name *isn't* "haploid"?
I was about to type this. Had a science professor who use it as a joke and it gets me every time.
Awesome, thanks!
Nice to hear from The Flash on this BHS topic.
this is a fun one, love it
I always just figured the H stood for Holy like when someone says “Danger” is my middle name (and they are a thrill seeker) Just a thought since JC is the holiest of holies!
Fascinating
Lovely lovely etymology.
*_ENGAGEMENT!_*
From his time spent in that motorcycle club. It was just a nickname.
Thanks. Now, where did the popsicle stick come from?
Jesus H Christ!!! I thought my Aunt Kitty invented that!
His full name was Jesus Henry Christ. Henry is hebrew for 'sardine barter'
So that’s where the fish sign comes from!
yup. he got a discount for the sermon event too.@@GoodieWhiteHat
Was just gonna ask what the H actually stands for...mystery solved :-)
Interesting... and insightful. Thank you.
I always just assumed that "H" just seemed like a funny middle initial and never really thought more on it. I mean, usually people go with "J" as a made-up middle initial, but Jesus J Christ almost sounds like a Marvel character, so maybe that wouldn't work.
I used to know someone whose expletive of choice was "Judas A. Priest!"
The "H" stands for hallowed. From the Lord's Prayer "Hallowed be thy name"
Very informative! At some point I thought his full name was Jesus Hosanna Christ 😂
I so hope this is true. Very cool etymology. Thank you.
When did people start making this joke and and what context?
That's Jillarious!
I thought it was only a joke saying, and that the H stood for holy😅 this is fascinating!
same!
Thank you, sir. You have done a great service to all Christendom. But please do explain where the addition of Roosevelt comes from. This is a matter of grave, theological concern.
I always thought IHS stood for In Hoc Signo. You live and learn.
And all this time I thought it was just some ancient meme, like the joke about how John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh share a middle name. Had no idea there was an actual (if farfetched) reason to think Jesus' middle initial was H!
The H in Jesus H Christ stands for Harold, it comes from the Lord’s Prayer, “our father who art in heaven, Harold be they name”
The H stands for Harold, named after his father - we know this from the Lord's prayer: Our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name
- h/t Scott Alexander, unsong.
Holy
I always thought Jesus's middle name was fucking...
I tried to watch your video, but because of your T-shirt I couldn’t.
(I’m using a newer browser and it doesn’t support Flash.)
This is hilarious 😂
Do you see the light?
Jesus H G- B- Christ yes!
There is something this guy did not mention in the video that leads me to believe there could be another explanation for the letter H in the Greek symbol, because the letter H probably stands for Hamashiach.
The Christ is known in some cultures as Yeshua Hamashiach.
I still say it’s Howard. After all, Howard be thy name.
A friend of mine in High school always liked 'Horatio'
Also, like.. Christ gets used as his surname but it's his title. Or, to be blunter.. it's his job.
I'm not Jeremiah Insuranceman.
I love your videos, Dan. But I’m _pretty_ sure it stands for Harold. That’s what I was always taught!
(Just for clarity that was also clearly a joke my mum “taught” me, and I’m not sure if it was an in joke in her immediate family, or if it was just a culture thing of England in her time, or maybe it was my mum’s own personal joke. I know my great grandfather was a bishop.)
well, since I was going to jump in with my own hilariously imaginitive and original insistence that Harold was Jesus' middle name - I reckon there's just something about it that appeals to English folk of a certain age. We had a king of that name who got shot in the eye - a pretty stand out way to die, I think you'll agree, and the raucous cry of 'Harold' is forever seared into the collective unconscious due to a famous sitcom of the 1970's (Steptoe and Son). I mean, it's just a funny name, enjoyable to say, comedically anachronistic...and there aren't exactly many other options. Horatio - too much gravitas. Hugo - too posh, Jesus was a man of the people.
The punchline of the joke is "Our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name."
@@bengreen171 well that’s interesting! I’m an elder millennial but my mum had me pretty late, she’s one of the youngest of the silent generation. I was never much into Steptoe and Son, didn’t that start a couple decades earlier though, in black and white?
@@nmappraiser9926 so there’s more to it! That works very well.
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated
well - I grew up watching the repeats and they were all in colour - but - and I'm going to get nerdy here...in fact I'm surprising myself about just how much I seem to know about this - if I remember correctly, there was an original one off made in the late 60's, and the UK didn't start broadcasting colour TV until the very end of the decade, which explains why there were a few episodes in black and white.
I'm generation X. TV is all we had - and all we needed. I watched it all and it seems to have sunk in.
I thought it was just added to make him sound more American lol
Are you a Chritian scholar?
Just goes to show there is no dumb question.
I missed most of the video because I was debating on whether this is too classy a comment section to say what the Chi-Rho christagram looks like...
It is not.
... I need to know because I cannot tell.
What's even funnier is that his name was not Jesus. It was Yeshu. It doesn't really matter, because they changed everything. So now no one what knows what Yeshu actually said or did. They just made it all up. Now unfortunate people torture themselves (and others) believing things that Yeshu most likely never said.
Like the many names registered at Ellis Island. A friend told me that his family's name was not Cory, it was actually Saad. An immigration official had asked his grandfather for his name. His grandfather answered 'Khouri' which was his profession.
Then why is it treated like a curse word? My mom used to get so mad when my dad used to this
I always thought it was my Dad.
Hey Flash, how do you spell Jesus in Latin?
Answer: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) was transliterated to Latin IESVS, where it stood for many centuries. I guess we only use the Latin Letters when we feel like it.
But where does “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick” come from? It seems anachronistic. AFAIK there weren’t pogo sticks in biblical times. Perhaps the pogo stick was added later (and a pogo stick sort of resembles a cross).
Setting aside that question, we’re still left with the “jumping” characteristic. No where in the Bible is there any mention of Jesus jumping or leaping. Maybe there’s something that can be construed as a trampoline or bouncy castle in the gospels rejected from the Bible.
In order to understand scripture and just about everything else we see or hear, one has to study a whole lot more about language than most people ever do.
For example, the term magi specifically refers to magicians.
Everything we encounter in life is 10 times more interesting when we understand the intricacies of language.
The term Magi also referred to Zorastrian priests
@@squiddwizzard8850yeah..the word magicians comes from the word magi, but the magi were not in cute black suits doing card tricks.
Magician and magi are related terms, but different.
Interesting.
I always thought the H. was added so that it wasn't the name of The Lord, and you wouldn't be taking that name in vain. So... Where does Christ on a bicycle come from?
R Lee Ermey....when he found that jelly donut in private piles footlocker .
Well don't forget "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" so if we say Jesus H Christ, that's some other guy with the middle initial H not Lord Jesus
and here I thought it meant Jesus Holy Christ!
... and then they mirrored the first letter and created the LHC.
Since Christ is actually a title meaning, "Messiah," or more specifically, "Anointed One," His middle initial should be "T"...as in Jesus The Christ. Of course, that English Language approach ignores any Latin, Greek, and/or Hebrew etymology, which would certainly change the letter to something else, _but_ the principle remains the same.😉
Hallowed? "Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your [middle] name"
It's not unusual for a Father's first name to be the son's middle name. But we always said " Our Father who art in Heaven, Howard be thy name...."
Hallmark. When you care enough to send the best- the Hallmark card company's old slogan.
And here I thought it was for "Haploid" :-)
Slow day in theology today, eh Dan?
Things said in the heat of the moment of parental frustration. I heard it a lot growing up. It makes it a better swear word. Maybe the ha in Yeshua ha Machiah?
No temple, no Messiah.
@@hrvatskinoahid1048 I like my answer better as that was what I experienced. When I learned Messiah's real name was Yeshua and not Jesus I told my dad "remember all those times you swore at us, taking the Lord's name in vain?" And he said "yes I do." I then told him that since Messiah's real name is Yeshua, he really didnt take the true name in vain so he really didnt sin. My dad smiled when he realized I was right. I of course then made sure to remind him "then there's all his other sins he needed to repent of" which caused him to break out in major laughter. So that was a happy memory between us. 😊
@@jamesroe4968 Judaism has specific Messianic requirements. Your idol failed.
@@hrvatskinoahid1048 So who are you referring to as "my idol?"
@@jamesroe4968Jesus is often seen as an idol by Muslims and Jewish people.
Why, it stands for Harold, of course. Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name...
Ah, the Will of H. He's King of the pirates lol
Ngrams gives me an origin date of 1928 but won’t show me which book that is
Jesus Hopalong Christ.
What about the popsicle stick?
And here I thought it stood for Haploid….
I always assumed it was Hussein. LOL JK
Henry?
More importantly, what was His last name?
Well it comes from Jesus F Christ
Harold.
Herbert. Obviously.
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
😂
Jesus H. Christ. Son of Joseph and Mary Christ.
Strange I always thought it was a way of cussing! Such as JESUS H CHRIST what the heck are you doing!
Jesus, people. It stands for "Haploid."