Posted on 11/17/2013 5:15:36 PM PST by markomalley
Lansing, MI––A recently discovered DVD found in the attic of the Williams family last night has shed light on the language and accent used by the Son of God while on earth, the Lansing family is reporting this morning.
After close to 2,000 years, the mystery of Jesus’ dialect and accent was answered after the Williams family’s stunning find while watching a DVD of the 1977 television miniseries of Jesus of Nazareth produced by the BBC.
The 2-DVD set, which many in the Williams family believed was “lost forever” showed Jesus of Nazareth speaking in English, a shocking revelation to many who long believed he spoke Aramaic.
“We simply couldn’t believe our ears,” Jan Williams, 54, reported to EOTT this morning.
“I remember, Jesus finally appears in the movie, ready to be baptized by John the Baptist, and John says something like, ‘It is I who needs to be baptized by you, and yet, you come to me.’ Then Jesus says, ‘Let it be so…we must fulfill all righteousness’ in the most spectacular British accent.”
19-year-old Wendy Williams reported that his british accent was not only ”stirring,” but that it also contained the dramatic inflection and timing of a “wonderful” stage actor.
“It was as though you were listening to the renowned British actor Robert Powell.”
At press time, biblical scholars from around the globe are investigating reports that Jesus yelled a lot, and that he did not bleed as much as portrayed in The Passion of the Christ.
bloddy ‘ell!
Good satire, but I must say that this actor, Robert Powell was extraordinary in this most impossible of roles. His eyes alone were very moving. Jesus of Nazareth was a great miniseries.
The British accent was a divine affectation. Vide: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Was-Episcopalian-You-Can/dp/1595180001/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384739285&sr=1-1&keywords=jesus+was+an+episcopalian+and+you+can+be+one+too
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What I find very interesting is that, among the Roman occupying Forces, the officials spoke with lovely, refined British Accents while the ordinary foot soldiers had Cockney Accents!
(Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.
If you spoke as they do sir, instead of the way you do,
Why you might be occupying Judea too!”
He would have been a Roman Citizen.
England didn’t exist until 408AD.
Before the Roman invasion it was Celtic.
He must have been from Kent. :)
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week. Try the veal.
Thank you for the warning, there have been too many times when it was hard to tell the difference.
I have always been amazed at how many agave plants and prickly pear cactuses grew in the middle east during Jesus’ time!
Snort! Now I’m going to YouTube to watch some clips. I need a laugh. My little ones almost drove this mama over the edge today.
Not sure how true this is, but I heard a talk from a language historian who said that what is thought of as “the British accent” didn’t develop until the 1700’s, and that rejecting the accent was one way the colonies were pushing back against England’s control.
So does he say “I could care less” or “I couldn’t care less”?
Let’s settle this thing once and for all.
If Jesus were to return, what kind of car would he drive?
The most moving scene for me in the 1977 film was Jesus telling the centurion, “Go your way; your servant lives.”
The centurion’s other servants come to tell him the miraculous news and have to drag him away while he gazes upon Jesus with rapt awe & gratitude. Ernest Borgnine was the centurion.
I wonder if in any wide screen shot of any out door scene , you could see ancient TV antennae?
Olivia Hussey was Mary, and amazingly beautiful. Not many years ago, she also play Mother Theresa, who was not physically beautiful, with a lot of make-up, very convincingly.
My understanding is that in the 18th Century American and English-English were pretty much the same, bearing in mind that a Bostonian and a Virginian could have differed just as a Yorkshireman would from a Londoner. There was no one way of speaking the language.
I think Jesus was a redneck carpenter.
That falls in line with when the greenies were asking “Well, what kind of car would Jesus drive”.
Since He was a carpenter, the kind who started with rough wood, these days He would have driven something like a well worn F450, with dents and scratches from handling raw timber, and fitted with a cargo trailer.
he has a wife, you know.
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