Jesus
['dʒiːzəs] or ['dʒizəs]
Definition
(noun.) a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29).
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The Savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.
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Definition
n. the Saviour of mankind.—n. Jé–Ÿus a size of paper super-royal.—Company or Society of Jesus the Jesuit order.—Grand jé–Ÿus imperial.
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- I know it is, said Mrs. Shelby, as her tears fell fast; and _I_ cannot heal it, but Jesus can. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Oh Jesus shoot me Christ shoot me mama mia mama Mia oh purest lovely Mary shoot me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- For note that Jesus did not set up some external fetich: he did not say, make your neighbor righteous, or chaste, or respectable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Jesus knows it, Topsy; he is sorry for you; he will help you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Han't ye never heard of Jesus Christ? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With dismay and anger they heard Jesus sweeping away their dear securities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I touch, with reverent finger, the actual spot where the infant Jesus lay, but I think--nothing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Jesus had called men and women to a giant undertaking, to the renunciation of self, to the new birth into the kingdom of love. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh Jesus lovely Mary stop it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Lord Jesus, was it then bound to be--Lord Jesus! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Plague, earthquake, and famine, And tumult and war, The wonderful coming Of Jesus declare! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Who ever gives a thought to the sisters of Jesus at all? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- O, Mas'r, dere's more than me loves you,--the blessed Lord Jesus loves you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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