Jesus H. Christ!! what does the 'H.' stand for?!?!?

Question

could it be 'hot'?
and as a sidepoint, im not christian and im not looking for answers like "his name is jesus and christ is what he is" i just want to know what the 'h' stands for...

Answer 1

I dont know the answer to your question nor do I care to, but I can tell from your name that you want to make Aliyah.

I wish you much success and the best of luck with that ;D

Answer 2

From "The Straight Dope"

Actually, I've heard numerous explanations for the H over the years. The first is that it stands for "Holy," as in Jesus Holy Christ, a common enough blasphemy in the South, abridged to H by fast-talking Northerners. Other colorful Southern epithets include Jesus Hebe Christ and Jesus Hebrew Christ, which abbreviate the same way. The drawback of this account is that it is so boring I can barely type it without falling asleep. Luckily, the other theories are more entertaining:

(1) It stands for "Haploid." This is an old bio major joke, referring to the unique (not to say immaculate) circumstances of Christ's conception. Having no biological father, J.C. was shortchanged in the chromosome department to the tune of one half. Ingenious, I'll admit, but whimsy has no place in a serious investigation such as this.

(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. IHS dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of "Jesus" in classical Greek characters. The Greek pronunciation is "Iesous," with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as Jesus's middle initial.

(3) Finally, a reader makes the claim that the H derives from the taunting Latin inscription INRH that was supposedly tacked on the cross by Roman soldiers: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Hebrei (Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Hebrews). Trouble is, the inscription is usually given as INRI: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (J.C., King of the Jews).

Answer 3

Holy

Answer 4

A bad translation. That is what it comes down to.

This is not up for vote by idiots, Nick F has it right. In Greek it is written IHC (no "J" had been invented) those were the first three letters and in bad translation someone thought it was Initials

Answer 5

Henry

Answer 6

Heavenly

Answer 7

Holy

Answer 8

actually it's derived from the greek name for christ, which translates to JHS or JHC, the H not actually standing for anything

Answer 9

Jesus is His name,,Christ is what He is..our savior to the world..I don't even know the H at all...

Answer 10

Hildegard.