christ-2
Original: christ-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding, bearded man wearing glasses stands at a lectern, lecturing.
Man: "CHRIST" comes from the Greek word "CHRISTOS," meaning "ANOINTED ONE." To be anointed is to be covered in oil. Thus, "JESUS CHRIST" literally means "JESUS, THE OILY ONE." Now, I ask you: is that what YOU would want to be called at age 14?
Caption: Professor Ehrman proposed a novel theory for the "missing years" of Jesus' life.
Votey:
A distressed-looking young person with shoulder-length hair makes an annoyed, self-conscious expression.
Young person: There's no way I'm showing my face in Rome like this.
A balding, bearded man wearing glasses stands at a lectern, lecturing.
Man: "CHRIST" comes from the Greek word "CHRISTOS," meaning "ANOINTED ONE." To be anointed is to be covered in oil. Thus, "JESUS CHRIST" literally means "JESUS, THE OILY ONE." Now, I ask you: is that what YOU would want to be called at age 14?
Caption: Professor Ehrman proposed a novel theory for the "missing years" of Jesus' life.
Votey:
A distressed-looking young person with shoulder-length hair makes an annoyed, self-conscious expression.
Young person: There's no way I'm showing my face in Rome like this.
Alt text
A balding, bearded professor in glasses stands at a lectern, mid-lecture. His speech bubble reads: "'Christ' comes from the Greek word 'Christos,' meaning 'anointed one.' To be anointed is to be covered in oil. Thus, 'Jesus Christ' literally means 'Jesus, the oily one.' Now, I ask you: is that what YOU would want to be called at age 14?" A caption below reads: "Professor Ehrman proposed a novel theory for the 'missing years' of Jesus' life." The joke imagines that a teenage Jesus disappeared from history out of embarrassment at the unflattering oily nickname. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn, sullen teenager with shoulder-length hair scowls self-consciously and says, "There's no way I'm showing my face in Rome like this," reinforcing the idea of an awkward, embarrassed teen Jesus hiding out during his missing years.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.