(The following is a conversation my husband and I had early in our marriage.)
She: Have you ever wondered why you never hear of people today having the last names of certain people from history? For example --
He: You mean like Christ?
She: (Laughs) What?
He: Seriously. I've never seen the name Christ in a phone book.
She: You do know that Christ wasn't Jesus's last name, right?
He: What? Wasn't it? Then why are people always calling him Jesus Christ.
She: Christ is a title, not a name. It means anointed or savior or something. It's not a last name.
He: Are you sure?
She: Yeah. I mean, it wasn't like "Mary and Joseph Christ."
He: It wasn't?
She: No!
He: Oh, that's right! Mary's last name was Magdalene.
She: No, no, no. That was a different Mary.
He: Then what was his last name?
She: He didn't have one.
He: What do you mean he didn't have one?
She: Well, I don't think people had last names back then.
He: Are you sure?
She: Pretty sure.
He: Hmm.
She: I mean, it's like Moses. Moses didn't have a last name.
He: (frowns skeptically)
(A few moments of silence)
He: Well, what about Judas Priest?
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You just blew my mind! I always thought it was his last name too. :-) I did meet a Mr. Moses once, his first name was Nero (and I am not kidding)
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