Random Question (October 22, 2013)
Q. Six thousand of these papal medals issued by the Italian State Mint to honour Pope Francis have had to be recalled. The medals feature a portrait of Francis on one side and on the other, an image depicting the story of Jesus and the publican surmounted by a Latin phrase which means "Jesus, therefore, saw the publican, and because he saw by having mercy and by choosing, He said to him, 'Follow me'". Why did they have to be recalled?
A. Because the word 'Jesus' was misspelt 'Lesus'.
jesus is written as lesus
ReplyDeleteconrad
Like Bertie Wooster, I'm proud of my scripture knowledge, so let me answer this: Where it should say, "vidit ergo Jesus publicanum", it says 'Lesus', giving the name of a minor Excise Inspector from Galilee.
ReplyDeleteActually, it says LESVS, for these Romans were awful spellers.
Annie, if you examine the latin script on the medal closely , you will find that the 'J' in Jesus has been spelt with an 'L'.
ReplyDeletespelling mistake in name oof jesus. it says l instead of j.
ReplyDelete-abhijeet
They misspelled Jesus.
ReplyDeleteThere was a typo in the word 'Jesus'.
ReplyDeleteSpelling mistake. They spelt Jesus wrong.
ReplyDeletethe word "jesus" was misspelt... or some other word... i dont exactly remember...
ReplyDelete-Akshay Mysore
All hail our lord Lesus Christ!
ReplyDeleteI read this sometime ago...
Jesus has been spelt as Lesus.
ReplyDeleteSpelling error (Jesus?) Paul
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