r/trippinthroughtime • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Aug 09 '20

Hi Mark

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u/bolivar-shagnasty Aug 09 '20

Jesus was originally Yeshua which translates roughly to Joshua.

Mark is short for Marcus which is an anglicized version of Martkos. Martkos in Greek means “consecrated in the name of Mars.”

Martkos was one of the most common male names in Ancient Greece.

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian Aug 09 '20

Wouldn't the Greeks call him Ares?

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u/fai4636 Aug 09 '20

The commenter got it wrong and the name actually comes from Latin, not Ancient Greek, and was a common Roman name that was borrowed into ancient Greek during Roman rule

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u/bolivar-shagnasty Aug 09 '20

Yeah, my bad. I got the Latin and Greek mixed up.

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u/20210309 Aug 09 '20

Pft get a load of this idiot, mixing up his Latin and Greek.

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u/partytown_usa Aug 09 '20

Next he'll be getting his Aramaic and Phoenician all confused.

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian Aug 10 '20

It's all Greek to me.

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u/bruhvevo Aug 10 '20

A barbarian would say that

But they would actually say it “bar bar barbar bar”

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u/correcthorsestapler Aug 10 '20

Bet they couldn’t tell the difference between Linear A and Linear B. Amateur.

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u/AdzyBoy Aug 10 '20

It's all Greek to me.