Jesus (disambiguation)

Jesus is the central figure of Christianity and a major prophet of Islam.

Jesus may also refer to:

People

• Jesus (name), as given name and surname. Greek-Latin form of Joshua.
• Jesus Ben Sira (fl. 2nd century BCE), religious writer, author in the Apocrypha
• Jesus of Nazareth, founder of Christianity
  • Christ, Greek-English term from "Messiah," usually for Jesus of Nazareth
  • Historical Jesus, the history of Jesus from non-Biblical sources
• Jesus Barabbas (fl. early 1st century), New Testament, pardoned criminal
• Elymas Bar-Jesus (Acts 13), Jewish magician who opposed Paul on Cyprus
• Jesus Justus (Colossians 4:11), Christian in Rome mentioned by Paul
• Jesus ben Ananias (died c. 73), Jewish nationalist mentioned by Josephus

Jesús

Common Latin American Spanish given name - spelling of both Jesus and Joshua in New Testament of the Spanish Bible (compare spelling "Jesus" for Joshua in New Testament verses of King James Version).

• Jesús Malverde, legendary Mexican bandit-saint
• Jesús (born 1977), stagename of American wrestler Aaron Aguilera

=Nicknames

• "Jesus", Chris Ferguson (born 1963), American poker player with trademark long brown hair and beard

Places

• Jesús, a town in Peru
• Île Jésus, an island north of Montreal
• Jesus College (disambiguation), multiple locations

Film and television

• Jesus (1973 film), an Indian Malayalam film
• Jesus (1979 film), also called The Jesus Film, co-directed by Peter Sykes, John Heyman, and John Krisch
• Jesus (1999 film), British made-for-television film
• Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries), 1977 Anglo-Italian work
• Jesus: The Complete Story, a 2001 documentary series
• "Jesus" (South Park), fictional character on the South Park series

Music

• Jesus Christ Superstar, rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, first staged on Broadway in 1971

Songs

Songs

• "Jesus" (Brand New song), 2006 work from the album The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
• "Jesus" (Queen song), 1973 work from the first Queen album, Queen
• "Jesus" (Gackt song), 2008 single which later appeared on the 2009 album Re-Born
• "Jesus Christ" (Woody Guthrie song)
• "Jesus of Suburbia", 2004 song by Green Day, on the album American Idiot
• "Jesus Walks", song by Kanye West, 2004 song from the album College Dropout
• "Jesus", opening song of the 1993 album Eden, by Japanese rock band Luna Sea
• "Jesus", 1968 song on the album The Velvet Underground by the band of the same name

Performers

• Jesus on Extasy, German rock band formed in 2005
• Jesus Jones, British rock band formed in 1986
• Jesu (band), English experimental rock band formed in 2003
• Jesus Christ Allin, birth name of musician GG Allin, (1956–1993)
• Zola Jesus, stagename of American female singer songwriter

Books

• Jesus the Christ (book), 1915 doctrinal study by James E. Talmage
• Jesus of Nazareth (book), 2007 work by Pope Benedict XVI

Other uses

• Jesus: Kyōfu no Bio Monster , a 1987 video game
• Jesus and Mo, 2005 British webcomic

See also

• All pages beginning with "Jesus"
• Yeshua (disambiguation)
• Yehoshua (disambiguation)
• Joshua (disambiguation)
• Isa (name)