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When is "Jesus wept" used? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by molochthagod@lemmy.world to c/english@lemmy.ca

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The first time I came across the usage of this phrase was in the movie Hellraiser, and I had no idea this was a common saying. Clearly though, there must be a double meaning there in the movie that I couldn't fully grasp without knowing the more colloquial meaning.

The description on Wikipedia is unfortunately not enough for me, I would like to see examples. And it's very hard to find those because Google gives me mostly links to religious websites.

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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, if you're Dean Pelton, you'll use it inappropriately while being overly impressed by early VR, and confusing Jesus with Alexander the Great.

[–] Boinkage@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Stop saying Jesus wept!