Jesus (disambiguation)

Jesus is a male given name, the Latin form of the Hebrew name Joshua.

The New Testament refers to five persons bearing the name Jesus:

• Jesus of Nazareth / Jesus the Nazarene, believed by Christians to be the Son of God and the King of the Jews, also known as Jesus Christ. See also New Testament view on Jesus' life and Historical Jesus.
• An ancestor of Jesus of Nazareth (Luke 3:29). The later Textus Receptus reads "Jose(s)."
• A Christian, evidently Jewish, and fellow worker of Paul. He was also called Justus.(Colossians 4:11).
• Jesus Barabbas
• Elymas, also known as Bar-Jesus, was a Jewish magician who appears in the New Testament in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 13.

Additionally, the area around Judea raised many people who either claimed to be the Jewish Messiah, or were simply resistance fighters who wanted to overthrow Roman authority. Some of these include:

• Jesus ben Gamala. During AD 68/69 this Jesus was a leader of the ‘peace activists’ in the civil war wrecking Judaea, but was put to death by the victors.
• Jesus ben Saphat. Led Tiberian rebels in the Galilee insurrection of AD 68 and fled just before its end.
• Jesus ben Ananias. A prophecier who caused discontent in Jerusalem with laments of 'The End Times' around AD 62. He was considered a madman by the Roman authorities, and died in an attack on Jerusalem in 68/69AD when hit by a rock from a Roman catapult.

Earlier significant figures sometimes known as Jesus include:

• Jesus ben Sirach, the author of Ecclesiasticus
• Joshua, known as Jesus in the King James Version of the New Testament

Other individuals who have been referred to as "Jesus":

• Yeshu ben Pandera, translated "Jesus" by some, who was the teacher of Jacob of Sichnin in the 2nd century AD.
• ben Stada who was stoned at Lydda (Lod), assumed by some to be identical to Yeshu ben Pandera and thus referred to as "Jesus".
• Yeshu, translated "Jesus" by some, who lived at the start of the 1st century BC under the Hasmoneans.

"Jesus" may also refer to:

• an American folk song, Plastic Jesus
• Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is one of the most recognizable faces in poker.
• Jesús Alou a baseball player in the 1960s and 1970s.
• Jesus (1979 movie)
• An island North of Montreal where Laval is located, see : Île Jésus.
• The name of several colleges, see Jesus College
• Jesus can also be used as an all-purpose interjection.
• Jesus of Suburbia is a character in the Green Day rock opera American Idiot
• "Jesus" is a song by British band Queen
• "Jesus" is also a song by The Velvet Underground
• Jesus Jones, a British rock group
• Jesus, a magazine
• Jesus, a profane exclamation
• Jesus H. Christ, another profane exclamation
• Jesus Quintana, a character in the film The Big Lebowski
• Jesus Shuttlesworth, a character in the film He Got Game
• A slang term for marijuana

Furthermore, Jesús (pronounced [xe'sus]) is a common given name in Spanish-speaking countries.

• Jesus or Jesús is the name of professional wrestler, Aaron Aguilera.

"Jesús" also is a Spanish place name of:

• Jesús (Lauricocha), capital of the Lauricocha Province in Perú
• Jesús District in the Huánuco Region in Perú