Jesus

/ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/name
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1

Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.

2

One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.

3

A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

4

A male given name from Aramaic.

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Ellipsis of Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Ellipsis of Jesus College, Oxford.

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