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To: SeekAndFind

I cannot understand this. Where did the top word come from and how is it those letters correspond?


12 posted on 12/24/2021 9:32:28 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

RE: Where did the top word come from

Remember, Greek was the lingua franca of the world Christ lived in. The Romans, who ruled the world then were Helenized by Greek culture. The New Testament was originally written in Greek. Hence, Christ is spelled that way ( the top word ) in Greek.

The top word is GREEK and pronounced as Ch-r-i-s-t-o-s.

The first Greek Letter ‘X’ ( not the English X, but the Greek X ) has the CH sound in English. Hence the Greek word is read CHRISTOS by English Speakers.

If you spelled it in Greek the letters spell as:

Chi Rho Iota Sigma Tau Omicron Sigma


13 posted on 12/24/2021 9:43:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Beowulf9

Greek. “Christos”.

CC


14 posted on 12/24/2021 9:43:46 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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