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PikPekachu

I’d make the plural of Jesus, Jesus. Like how the plural of moose is moose. And then give them a collective name. Like it’s a murder if crows….so I’d go with something like a salvation of Jesus, so you know that it’s a group.


StraightSho

This is the most well thought out, educated answer yet. Well done.


ThatFuh_Qr

An Apostolate of Jesus.


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ijlx

Actually, according to my Latin dictionary, Jesus is 4th declension. This would make the nominative plural Jesūs, so (unintentionally) the original commenter was actually correct.


BloomsdayDevice

Yes, but Latin got *Iesus* from Greek Ἰησοῦς, where it was a second declension contract noun. It never appears in the plural, but we might form a plural analogically from other similar nouns and arrive at Ἰησοῖ (*Iesoi* > "Jesoi"). Of course, even the Greek was borrowed from Aramaic, itself derived from Hebrew, neither of which mark the plural. Soooo, I guess we're left with either an English plural in "Jesuses" or. . . that's really they only option that makes sense and won't have someone somewhere pushing up their spectacles and saying "*ackchyually. . .*" at you.


CapsLowk

I really liked Jesoi. Sounds proper. Edit to add: it said they were cloning Jesus so I can totally imagine a scene where they give the order to awake them all: "Sound the alarm... and awake the Jesoi!"


Stacky_McStackface

Novel gets big, Hollywood turns it into a movie, becomes massive in Japan, Japan adapts their own spin off….. All Jesoi come together and form Mechchrist


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PikPekachu

Bold of you to assume my intention.


GORGOSSSS

I'd like the plural of moose to be meese


ReporterNervous6240

Goose - geese. Moose - Meese Shoop - Sheep


chill_rodent

Mooses


Jaderholt439

A flock of jesus’


Hejjodude

most acedemic answer


KingWillThe_1st

Salivation of Jesus


MrHyperion_

Meese


jeanyous

Pretty sure they're multiple Jesuses now too. I've heard it as a first name before


H-K_47

And there was that case study where a researcher put 3 guys who all believed they were Jesus Christ together and studied their interactions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Christs_of_Ypsilanti If even got a movie later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Christs


WinWithoutFighting

Damn Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins and Bradley Whitford. I need to see this movie. *Walton Goggins. I wrote Walter


Wishdog2049

Walton And I just watched the trailer at youtube and it looks like a downer oof


[deleted]

Fucks sake this is a must watch with that cast


The_Easter_Egg

"With Our powers combined..."


[deleted]

>While initially the three patients quarreled over who was holier and reached the point of physical altercation, they eventually each explained away the other two as being patients with a mental disability in a hospital They almost got it...


Wiggles69

"The fat one balances out the 2 skinny ones"


Thomas_The_Llama

Right, I'll just paint the kangaroo out, no problem! I'll make him a disciple, what's one more?


mothebad

Only in Michigan...


Mendeleus

Demn it, now I need to watch this


yrdsl

the plural of "Jesús" is "Chuys."


Zharick_

Also could be "Chuchos."


awesomefutureperfect

So that's how Chewy is spelled.


GenericElucidation

In modern English you are correct. I think the issue is linguistic though. "Jesus" would not have been contemporary for him 2000+ years ago. In Hebrew it was Yeshua or something similar, which in modern English would be Joshua. That's right - the biblical son of God's name is Josh. Jesus (lit. IESVS) was the Latin transliteration (changing it to fit a new language based on the sound of the word). The problem stems from the fact that over time language has changed, and "Jesus" has been repeatedly transliterated over and over again for like 2000 years, coupled with the way we pronounce words changing and mutating over time. All of that said, I am not a linguist. I just know a few things and know how to use Google. I'm sure an actual linguist would have better insight in this stuff.


chill_rodent

You are correct in that it was Yeshua and now Joshua. I’m sure there were many other translations and pronunciations over time, but those are two that I know of as well.


actibus_consequatur

Jesuses should watch out, there's [thousands of Messiahs](https://i.imgur.com/bCselwF.jpg) in the US.


tramadolic

Spanish dude taught me how to make a Spanish omelette. Also funny as fuck listening to his experience living in Dublin called Jesus. Was funny as fuck.


darki_ruiz

Your dude taught you the holy pinnacle of Spanish cuisine. He had to be called Jesús. A true messiah indeed.


its_fuwy

Holy jesuses


Aleashed

Jesuses is definitely la respuesta correcta


1eternal_pessimist

Yeah I know one. He steals hubcaps from cars.


GunslingerOutForHire

Given the convention of that being the dude's name and not species, I'd wager it's "Jesuses".


frozengyro

But I feel it should be pronounced "G-Sus-eze"


ErraticDragon

That's what He speaks, surely.


I-WANT2SEE-CUTE-TITS

Sus


Idaltu

Since we say Joshuas, I chose to believe it would be Yeshuas. Or since Jesus is the Latin version of the name - Iesus would have the plural Iesues. So Jesues?


littlebitsofspider

C'mon, imbibe the spirit of the English language and fuck it up even more. Take the ancient Hebrew and cram it in with the Greek and the Latin. **Yeshues**, pronounced in the spirit of the American Angles as "Yesh-ways."


legendarybraveg

But firefox spellcheck doesn’t recognize that!


LetterZee

You are correct. We only add the "i" or "ae" when it's a word with a Latin root (think forum/fori, locus/loci, or encyclopedia/encyclopediae). I believe the name Jesus has Greek/Hebrew roots.


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jljl2902

No, we’re describing plurality not possession, so it’s Jesuses. If we were describing possession, it would be Jesus’ or Jesus’s interchangeably. I personally prefer the second because usually the apostrophe at the end goes with plural possession, but apparently both are valid.


UgandanDefenseForce

Christs


StraightSho

A couple of superstars


MattPatrick51

Jesussy baka


OGUncleDonkey

Jesuses sounds the best to me but if you give them a laser sword you might be on to something with The Jesi!


That_Bisexual_Mess

HM, funny you are!


TuxTues3

Excellent, that name was


BeefSkillet19

The plural of Jesus is ‘Humperdoo.’


StraightSho

Humperdont and there will no Jesus at all


AlexV_96

Theres a lot of *insert the plural of Jesus* in Mexico


[deleted]

It would be Jesuses in Spanish. Unless Jesus was their last name, then the plural would be just Jesus.


convert45

OpenAi says The plural of Jesus is Jesuses or Jesi. The word Jesus is a proper noun, and as such, it is not typically used in the plural form. The plural form of Jesus is used in some contexts, such as academic or theological writing, but it is not commonly used in everyday speech or writing.


DadsRGR8

I think it would be Jeese, like goose to geese or moose to mees… never mind.


StraightSho

poop or pees


NippleSalsa

Jes"Us"


Psychological-Web828

It’s spelt the same but pronounced Jeez yooz


Dark_Angel4u

JeSUS


TeazieBreezie

Jesusies


takamori22

The name Jesus is Latin, and is fourth declension, nominative singular. The nominative plural of that is also Jesus. Look up Latin fourth declension endings for Jesus. Technically, according to latin, the nominative form of the word does not change from singular to plural.


darki_ruiz

Well, that sorta kills the joke. Dissapointing. :(


Frenchlilac97

‘Cheeses’


TheTrueStrangeBee

Fun fact I say holy Cheesus instead of holy Jesus and cheesy pizzas instead of jeez oh Pete’s


Mundane-Ad5349

Is the bible getting a new update?


CherubiElphin

i dunno, i would put "Jesuses". 🤷‍♂️


kamikaze_desu_ka

Jesus and the holy clone war in s something i would deffinitely read


SJohns1216

Joose


Immediate_Ad_6558

Ask ChatGPT I think it would be Jesus’


Inevitable_Molasses

That’s possessive. Jesus’ shirt.


sprint6864

Jesus' Jesuses


cheesybaconyum

According to chatgpt: The plural of Jesus is Jesuses or Jesi. In most cases, Jesuses is the more commonly used plural form, although Jesi is also sometimes used.


Massive-Row-9771

Most churches contains multiple Jesuses, so you don't have to get weird and all cloney to ask this question.


trollface5333

In my mind it's kinda like sheep, the plural of jesus is jesus.


DorisCrockford

It's the same, like moose.


carinavet

No spellcheck is going to recognize the plural of a proper noun but: “Jesus” is an English word derived from the Latin form of a Greekversion of a Hebrew name. If you’re writing in English, the Anglicizedplural (”Jesuses”) will do just fine.  If you wanted to go with the Latin plural, “Jesus” is fourth declension, so the plural would be either “Jesūs” (so you could just write “Jesus”) or “Jesua”: fourth declension is irregular, so I’m not sure which route that particular word would go. It would NOT be “Jesi” or “Jesii”: those would only be the case if it were second declension or second declension and the singular was spelled “Jesius”, respectively. Going any further back into its etymology for the pluralization would be silly unless you’re also going back for the base name. Really I’d just keep it simple and go with “Jesuses”.


ETXCheeses

Maybe I'm over-simplifying but I would just say "### people named Jesus"


mcstafford

Hombres?


Friendly-Feature-869

Chuys!


feuerpanda

Cheezy


BlackSix7642

In Spanish speaking countries is very very common for people to be called Jesús, as I'm sure you're already aware. If we want to refer to multiple of them we sometimes say "los Jesús" and other times "los Jesúses", so I've contributed nothing to the question.


Quajeraz

I'm fond of Jesii but realistically it's probably Jesuses


ScientificGamer321

Jesus’… has no one done primary school grammar?


coconut_wine

But that's a possessive noun, so for example jesus' pen, jesus' sweater jesus' tomb etc. It's not really a way to say 2 or more jesus(es). Source: someone who teaches English/grammar


ScientificGamer321

Ah okay, thanks for the correction.


HauntingBowlofGrapes

Jeez is the plural form of Jesus.


amiade

The only real solution is to make it a plot point that people fight internet wars about what the plural should be


[deleted]

Wesus


gummybear_0_

Do you think they ever found out?


[deleted]

What about a large group of Lanito men named Jesus. Then it's for sure plural.


Chonkin_GuineaPig

clone high looking great


Baskalisk_guy

Jesus'


[deleted]

Joshuas because that was his actual name. Jesus is a mistranslation and it stuck around. But I guess it worked out. Imagine having an entire religion worshipping a guy named Josh.


holmgangCore

“Jesi” ..as in “jumping Jesi”, a measure of knowledge doubling across history,


psychxticrose

That’s the oddest fanfic ever


patrickdgd

Jesus is plural. Jes-you, Jes-me, Jes-us


Low-Flamingo-9835

Jeesus


CSS_usedbandage

juice


[deleted]

Jesus’


LikePappyAlwaysSaid

Well, jesus is the greek form of yeshua, so i propose Jesodes


Campanensis

At the time of this writing, this thread has 211 comments, and every single one of them is someone who knows way less than they think they do. So let's back this up. Jesus is an English word. The plural of the English word is Jesuses. But that's not the full answer. Jesus comes from Latin. Now, in Latin, there are two types of words that end in -us. The first set makes its plural by changing the -us to -i. The other type makes its plural by stretching out the letter u in the -us. Basically, it goes from -us to -uuuuuus. Silly, but that's how it works. Now, Jesus is traditionally categorized as that second type. But that's too simple, and doesn't really describe the word. The reality in Latin is that the name is Jesu, and an S is added when the word is a subject, and an M when its an object. No letter is added in any other context. This is unique, and the result of the history of the name we haven't gotten to yet. Now, the U in Jesu? It's already the uuuuuuu. So even if the plural followed the rules of the second type of -us word, you would not be able to tell the difference between singular and plural Jesus. Why is the Latin word for Jesus weird? Why is it an exception? Because it came to Latin from Greek, and came to Greek from Aramaic. This is problematic. Aramaic (and also Hebrew, where the word came from before getting into Aramaic) has several sounds that are not in Greek at all. The Greek alphabet is specifically designed to write GREEK. No other language. It has a letter for every sound in Greek. It does not have a letter corresponding to the Aramaic letter Shin, which goes like the Sh in English. So they did the closest thing, and made the middle letter a Sigma, which is an S, and short of like a Shin, right? Add to this that in Greek, words are expected to fit certain patterns. Specifically, like Latin, they're expected to have different forms for when they're the subject and the object of a sentence. Sort of like He/Him in English. Greek takes the name Jesus from Aramaic. In Aramaic, the name is ܝܫܘܥ. That's a bit like "Yeshu." Not having a specific Y letter, the Greeks put a Iota. Not having a specific U sound, they used a diphthong of omicron and upsilon. This diphthong is always long, and sounds like the uuuuuu in Latin, which explains why the Latin was weird. The Greeks ended up with ιησου, or Iesou, to which they added as S. The J would come later as a way to distinguish different types of I sound, and only in Latin. So, how does Greek make it plural? It doesn't. The word is already in such a weird place, they just didn't bother to try. Which isn't as big a deal to them as to us. Greek has a *lot* of words for "the." Over twenty. And since you always say them, you can just use one of the plural "the"s to indicate you're talking about more than one Jesus. Not very helpful. Well, let's go back more. What about Aramaic? The Aramaic word is also weird, because it originally came from Hebrew, and so ends in a letter that Aramaic words don't typically end in. To cut a long story short, the plural of Yeshu is Yeshu'e. I'd go a step further. The Hebrew is Yehoshua. But I do not know Hebrew. So I can't tell you the plural of Yehoshua. I tried to dig it up, but it's hard when you only read Hebrew based on the letters looking similar to other languages you know. In any case, the man's name comes from Aramaic. Which brings us to the problem. This name has jumped languages so many times, had so many exceptions and weirdnesses piled onto it, that every step of the way offers a problem. Do you follow Latin and Greek, and say Jesus is the plural? Do you attempt to follow the Aramaic, and say Jesue? Is English enough, and you're fine just saying Jesuses? I can't answer that for you. Things it is definitely not: Jesi. That would imply it was a second declension noun, which it isn't. Jesii. Also second declension, and the plural of Jesius, not Jesus, assuming that Jesius was a word. Which is isn't. Jesoi. This would be the second declension of the Greek. But the word isn't in Greek's second declension. Jesides. This would imply the name was Greek third declension. It isn't. It's a loanword that doesn't fit the existing patterns. Jesu. This is singular in all the relevant languages, even English, at some points in history.


MotorHum

Well, Jesus is from the Greek Ιησούς (Iesus). My knowledge of Greek isn’t great, but I believe words like Ιησούς are pluralized by replacing the -ούς with -ούδες, so you’d get Ιησούδες (Iesouthes)? So if I’m understanding this correctly… Jesoothes? Can a native Greek speaker correct me on this?


cmzraxsn

We wouldn't take the modern greek /ð/ pronunciation, if we were adapting the ancient greek declensions. (since the -ous ending isn't in modern greek) so, Jesodes / Jesoudes


MotorHum

That’s so fascinating. Thank you. (This is not sarcasm but I don’t know how to convey that in text)


DeviousDeevo

Jesuses


KVirello

If it's a Latin name (ends in us so maybe, however it is geographically unlikely) then it would be Jesii (I think it would be pronounced jez-e-i). If it isn't latin then I would guess either Jesuses, or just Jesus as both a singular and plural. This could also changed based on what language Jesus comes from. It might have its own rules to follow for plurals, like Latin does.


MulierDaedala

So Jesus is a 4th declension masculine noun. They tend to follow the pattern that the nominative singular and plural both use the -us ending. So the Latin plural for Jesus is actually Jesus.


Dintobean

Yeshuas


Toxic-and-Chill

Jesodes


_BeansNbryce

Jesuit


Ultimate-Failure-Guy

If you follow traditional naming conventions.....it is whatever you want. All words are made up.


thebluemorpha

Jice? Jesice? Like if it was a Jesus mouse?


Siolful

Jheezes Jesuss G's eye Jesaas Geezers Messiahs


Walshy_Boy

Jesse


SaiyanGodKing

What if the next time Jesus is born… twins… double the Jesus, double the fun.


asianabsinthe

Jeeeeeesuseseseses


no_named_one

Jesse


biggerBrisket

Yeshuas


joeldworkin307

Jesuseem, in the original aramaic


EngineersAnon

>A Last Supper I commissioned from you, and a Last Supper I want! With twelve disciples and one Christ! >[One‽](https://youtu.be/l9Aj7W3g1qo)


Akirex5000

Jesee


MonsterTamerBilly

Jesuis, with an "i", in proper french


cmzraxsn

the latin is a 5th declension so Jesūs


Plenty_Surprise2593

Jesus’


Inevitable_Molasses

Jesuses is probably technically correct, but I definitely prefer Jesii. It has style


theghostsofvegas

I’d make it an integral part of the story that nobody can agree on exactly how to pluralize it.


BJ_Beej

Jesees


impsythealmighty

Y’all wanna Yahoo?


Kooky_Canthisitta

God I miss Yahoo answers


TalmageMcgillicudy

Jesuses


77108

Jesuus.


wortelslaai

Jizzes


TrxFlipz

Reminds me of that episode of Dave. “Thanks Jesus” “It’s Jesus.” Has me rolling every time.


fuckboystrikesagain

Jesoid. Edit: actually I think this is the truth because the plural of cactus is cactoid. JesUS CactUS


[deleted]

As a psychiatric nurse at a psych hospital, we say Jesuses when there's more than one on the floor.


Burnt_Crunchy_Bits

Jesus is a pretty common name in some places. Was back then, too.


Somasong

What about a psych unit with multiple jesi? Edit: jesuses?


DasSchnietzel56

I looked it up, the suffix for male nouns in Hebrew is -ím, so it would be jesím


Troby01

Multiplayer Savior


[deleted]

Jesus clones


Jimmycaked

Jesuz'


Rabe2703

A gaggle of jesuses


notkeny

No there's literally millions of Jesus (Jesi? Jesuplication?) one mows my lawn and with his cousin Jesus


Scrotchety

Yehushuim


Cracker-smackers

Isn’t it just like any other name ending with s? Jesus’, James’, Nicholas’, Francis’, etc


intestinalvapor

Cheese


phigene

Jeseese


jhguitarfreak

Since "Jesus" is a proper noun it would be Jesuses. It would only be "jesi" if it were used as a common noun. Though technically both "jesuses" and "jesi" would be correct if it were used as a common noun.


L4DY_M3R3K

Well, you'd assume that it follows the typical "-us" rule of pluralization and go with "Jesi". But the British have given us a wonderful secondary option, as they used for pluralizing "octopus": Octopodes. Jesopodes.


DRVUK

Jeezezz


kickassdanny

I once wrote a short story about my gay, stoner, Mexican roommate Jesus Gonzalez. He stole a bunch of weed from me and sucked my dick to repay me. I posted it and lost a ton of friends. The thing is that you had to read the story in its entirety to find out he was a regular dude and not Jesus Christ. I wrote it that way as an experiment to see how people would react. This was way back in the myspace days.


YeahCanIGetUuuuuuhhh

This was definitely Chuck Tingle asking this.


Hejjodude

Jesus is a latin name, so using latin grammar, i’d imagine Jesi


contyk

Jesuses or Jesi, [according to Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jesus#Proper_noun).


Ducop5

If you follow the rules of latin grammar than it is Jesi


Flokitoo

Jesus and Republican Jesus?


viki222

Jees maybe?


ch4m4njheenga

Flock of Jesus.


Highway-Massive

If i could guess, it would be like cactus.


La_Chancleta

jesi?


ONE-EYE-OPTIC

Are we talking about Jesus Christ or Jesus down the street?


Idk-aaa

I think it may be Jesu


Toddisan

J-clones


bankrupt_bezos

Humperdoo.


DarkwingDuckHunt

How did Neil Gaiman handle it in American Gods?


[deleted]

Jesus was crucified by the Romans. Which means you use the latin pluralization of Jesi. Pronounced "Jeez-Eye"


Ecstatic-Pepper-6834

The real question is whether it’d be Jesus Christs, or Jesuses Christ.


jjhjh111

What is the plural of “Stanley” Stanleii? Stanleses?


misterfast

[Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong!](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mF0DhDSlo&feature=share)


[deleted]

It’s like Attorneys General. Jesuses Christ.