Seriously, where did the 'h' come from in this blasphemy??? What does it mean???
2006-11-06 09:05:43 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Using the name of "Jesus Christ" as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. Whilst many explanations have been proposed, some serious and many humorous, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism, IHC or IHS. One factor in the transmutation of the monogram into the expression Jesus H. Christ may be that when the first syllable of the phrase "Jesus Christ" is strongly emphasised (as some speakers of some English accents may do when cursing), the rhythm suggests a missing middle syllable between "Jesus" and "Christ". The H may have been adopted from the monogram to fill this gap. It might also come from "Jesus Holy Christ".
2006-11-06 09:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by teddykinetic 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Jesus H Christ
2016-09-30 03:58:27 · answer #2 · answered by bugenhagen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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JESUS H. CHRIST!!! - but what does the 'H' stand for?!!!?
Seriously, where did the 'h' come from in this blasphemy??? What does it mean???
2015-08-16 15:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metazone is correct. Harold is indeed Mary's father's name. Very little is know about him. We do know from the gnostic Gospel of Melvin that he often cautioned Mary about angel-impersonators - and that he considered Joseph a nebish.
2006-11-06 09:13:40 · answer #4 · answered by JAT 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its just so that the Inland Revenue can distinguish him from Jesus A Christ, Jesus B Christ, Jesus C Christ, Jesus D Christ, etc etc
2006-11-06 09:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
His birth name was Jesus Hyman Christ
2016-05-19 09:46:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horse
2006-11-07 22:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never noticed a H in Jesus Christ maybe that's a different guy that was a common name in that time (Jesus) that is not Christ that's what made him different.
2006-11-06 09:11:14 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Butler ♥2 B♥ 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I agree with green gras HOLY
it is believed Mark Twain was one of the first to use this expression, as not to offend the Lords name in vain, therefore omitting Christ........"Jesus Holy....." or summit like that!
2006-11-06 09:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Himself
2006-11-06 09:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋