Last night, I was speaking on the phone with one of my dear friends, and we spoke for quite a while and traveled through many subjects. And while we were talking, the thought suddenly came to me: What was Jesus' last name?
My friend was raised in a very religious home, and she always seems to have an answer to my religious questions. So I asked her, and she didn't know. So we looked up the chronology lists in both Mathew and Luke, and of all the names listed, none of them included a last name.
Does that mean that people in the bible days didn't have last names? That would be a logical reason as to why you never hear of Jesus having a last name. And for people to identify themselves, they always said "I am ____, son of _____" or, "I am ______ of _____" you know? So maybe they just didn't keep last names. But if that's true, who first decided to start last names? When did that tradition begin? Interesting stuff, right there.
That's probably the dumbest thing I've blogged about yet :p
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