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What is the origin of the phrase "Sweet jumping Jesus"?
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Started conversation Jan 15, 2013
Google, in this instance at least, is not my friend.
FB
What is the origin of the phrase "Sweet jumping Jesus"?
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 15, 2013
Never heard that one.
What is the origin of the phrase "Sweet jumping Jesus"?
swl Posted Jan 15, 2013
I know this one !!!!! 
It's a corruption of "Sweet Jumpin Jehosophat" as used in Asimov's books, where Jehosophat = Jehovah = Jesus
What is the origin of the phrase "Sweet jumping Jesus"?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 15, 2013
What is the origin of the phrase
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 15, 2013
But Jehosophat, Jesus and Jehovah are three different people.
What is the origin of the phrase
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 15, 2013
"But Jehosophat, Jesus and Jehovah are three different people" [Gnomon]
Well, yes, but there's a connection, tenuous and arguable though it might be. Jehoshaphat was the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah. His name means "Jehovah is the judge." The Valley of Jehoshaphat was thought to be the place where Jehovah would gather the nations for judgment. Morphing from Jehoshaphat to Jehovah to Jesus would represent quite a corruption, I;'ll grant you.
What is the origin of the phrase
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Jan 16, 2013
Ace!
Cheers
FB
What is the origin of the phrase
Geggs Posted Jan 16, 2013
I thought it was 'Great jumping Jehoshaphat' rather than sweet. I guess that's another element of the corruption of the phrase.
Geggs
What is the origin of the phrase
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Jan 16, 2013
Really? Could it not be just throwing an extra alliterative twist into the established exclamation "Sweet Jesus!"?
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What is the origin of the phrase "Sweet jumping Jesus"?
- 1: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Jan 15, 2013)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 15, 2013)
- 3: swl (Jan 15, 2013)
- 4: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 15, 2013)
- 5: Gnomon - time to move on (Jan 15, 2013)
- 6: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 15, 2013)
- 7: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Jan 16, 2013)
- 8: Geggs (Jan 16, 2013)
- 9: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Jan 16, 2013)
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