Surely God gifted humor to humans as a source of joy. And Jesus was human. Do you think Jesus ever “got a kick” out of seeing peoples’ reactions to his miracles? For example in John 6 when He walks on water and says “It is I; don’t be afraid.” Do you think he could have silently and amusingly chuckled to himself at watching his disciples reactions?
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- "Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” - John 4:16-18
Boom roasted
The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve... some ketchup with those harshbrowns.
The good Boi even set her up for it lmao
Yep! Stole the words right out of my Bible. Lol!
Burneddddd 🔥
I wonder if it is slut shaming like these comments seem to think, or if the author's point was that Jesus possessed mind reading powers.
I think so.
When the Pharisees brought him the woman caught in adultery he starts drawing in the sand.
Imagine you're in a heated argument and the other guy just starts drawing in the dirt with his finger. He makes his point, then goes back to doodling.
Seems pretty funny to me.
Jesus: "Let he who is without a sin, cast the first stone!"
Judas: "Hey no fair, how come YOU always get to go first?"
When I think of him drawing in the sand I think of him doing this as a slight trauma response from their aggression.
He was writing the sins of the people standing around. Not doodling. No "trauma response". Do you really believe him that fragile?
The Bible doesn’t say either of those things
If He had written anything important, it would have been mentioned. He was showing mercy by looking at the ground as the crowd reflected on their own sin and were convicted, each by their own conscience as they quietly turned away.
Correct, it's just a theory. I should have worded it differently
It's okay you were defending his name, because you love him. Because you love the savior, its perfectly fair and valid to not want someone to portray him in a weakness. I understand. Also people can be hidden as angels from the scriptures and so can the holy spirit be talking through you. So it could've been a very strong correction.
All judgments of peers are best left to God. Most of us Christians understand this in regard to bad judgment (i.e. condemning people), but we can often forget that good judgments of others can be just as sinful. We don’t know each others’ hearts, minds, and intentions. Only the Lord does. Support, encourage, and ensure absolutely, but it’s ill-advised to comfort someone with assumptions about their good-naturedness. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Well he was a gentle loving savior, that endured the most painful deaths for us. It's not fragility to space out when people are aggressive, it's common and it could've been that way for him. It doesn't directly say that he wrote their sins out for them to see. At least in the version I've read.
I thought he was writing the commandments
It sounds like he delighted in the innocence of children. He noticed lillies and sparrows. He intimately knew each of his disciples and several women. I think someone with these tendencies would delight in the idiosyncrasies of humans and be able to smile and probably laugh in the most wholesome and loving way. God created the ability to laugh in delight in us and to appreciate beauty and nature. It makes sense that Jesus would, too, but we can only conjecture.
Have you seen a platypus
Oh shit, I was about to say the same thing 😂
Jesus went to a wedding and turned water into wine
By extension, Jesus cried, Jesus got angry, why wouldn’t he laugh?
Jesus went to a wedding and turned water into wine
Not just that, but it was hand-washing water for the Jewish tradition of purification, not just drinking water.
Jesus was kind of mocking the tradition of the elders by saying the true purification is in the blood (wine).
I had not heard that but that actually makes sense
I like to think he was taken to a wedding reception by his mom and she was sending him out to get more wine and he did that in part to shock his parent(s).
🤯
Eh, that’s a theory. Whether the symbolism of the wine is blood is true (since Jesus doesn’t directly call that out, it is one hypothesis), there’s certainly no indication Jesus was mocking a ritual.
Dionysus was credited with wine miracles in Greek mythology.
Strange, how many people still believe in the Greek gods?
Of course he does!! One of my questions I have for him when I meet him is, "Did I ever make you laugh"? He gave me the best gift ever.... humor and I use it to make people smile and laugh as often as I can. I hope he sits me down and is like.. that one you said about your neighbor.. that one got me good. Then we laugh for hours
This is a well thought out and beautiful scene you've pondered here ✝️💜
Thank you. I actually hope he has a list of jokes that made him laugh lol. Then if it isn't my time and he sends me back.. guess what's going on my resume lol
Amen, I hope to have a time like this where me and Jesus could have a sit down and laugh for hours!! This is absolutely beautiful. The Lord has blessed you with a gift and seeing you use it correctly most definetly does bring Him tons of joy! God bless you more and more!!!
You seem close to the Kingdom. You have a really good attitude.
Or when a paralytic man is brought to Jesus and he says “your sins are forgiven.” (mainly to make a point to those around Him) and then proceeds to heal him by saying get up and take your mat. Is it wrong for me to find this scene both awe inspiring and hilarious?
This is my favorite way to read most of his exchanges.
Meeting the despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus, acting like he has no idea what happened in Jerusalem, then sharing the Eucharist with them before revealing himself and vanishing are acts that only makes sense if you attribute it to someone who has a sense of humor.
Similarly, asking Peter if he loves him three times to make up for Peter’s denials. He’s teasing Peter, but not maliciously. He knows Peter is still feeling bad about doing exactly what Jesus said he would do; a joke that points to the truth - that Peter’s sin has been made up for - is going to convey that truth much more directly than just saying that his denials have been made up for.
I think very much that Jesus used humor when it was the best way to teach.
Don't overlook that jesus was fully man (and fully God). The only thing we know that Jesus didn't do that humans do is sin.
Therefore, almost anything that is part of the "human experience" was also done, and felt, by Jesus.
I bet he was really funny!
Probably. The parable of the leaven (or yeast) seems to have a bit of comedy to it given that the amount of dough Jesus mentions would be enough to bake a loaf around the size of a house
What verse is that?
It's in Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20-21
The Bible is actually full of puns and jokes. Most of these are lost in cultural/linguistic translation when reading in English as opposed to ancient Hebrew & Koine Greek. Search over on r/academicbiblical
In Matthew 23, Jesus accuses the scribes and Pharisees of straining out a gnat but swallowing a camel.
The Aramaic words for gnat and camel are galma and gamla.
As a human yes, as an all knowing god probably not. Humor seems to require a sense of surprise, uncertainty, or discovery, I don’t think an all knowing being can be surprised.
Humor requires one party to be surprised. You can’t really accidentally make a joke.
"but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming." -Psalms 37:13
I don’t think laughter necessarily means humor, additionally this seems like a very odd description of a sense of humor. If god finds the idea of people burning in eternal fire funny? That’s a Very weird sense of humor.
Jeezy told his boys it was easier for a camel to squeeze through a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven. I don't know about you but I'm visualizing that and it's hilarious. I guarantee at least one of the disciples was on the floor with that one. Probably Peter if I had to guess.
My son was in an automobile accident at 18 months old. He was airlifted to the hospital. During his flight I was not with him. My prayers during that time as I raced to the hospital was “Jesus, please hold him in your arms”.
My son was saved and as he grew we never discussed the wreck in front of him. When my son was approximately 3 years old We were singing a song and said Jesus. My son stopped singing and started laughing hysterically. I asked him what’s so funny and he said, “Jesus. Jesus is so funny. He was in the helicopter with me and he made me laugh and laugh and laugh”.
Yes. He even told a joke, the one about the camel going through the eye of a needle, and I think the disciples laughed...then got the point.
Yes
He was sarcastic AF
John 2:4 [ESV]
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? ..."
I suspect there is a difference between humor and joy, and God is more about the latter. There's a lot of stuff which is funny because it's surprising, or unexpected, or it doesn't make sense. You can see how those are not applicable to God. From that perspective, what you think of as funny is a response to your own ignorance or weakness, and sometimes it's even like a narcotic to help you cope with the world; dark humor, irony, etc. None of that applies to God. He would be more joyful about good things, and I'm sure that if you laugh at something he said, then he is tickled back.
So, I think, yes, the part where you asked, is he contemplating your reaction, I think that applies. Will he laugh at most stand-up comedy, or knock-knock jokes? No.
Some of the stories that seem weird to us were in fact really funny during those days especially when there were Pharisees around and listening.
I think so. He created laughter so that means we are meant to laugh. Also he created me and I’m a joke. 😆
I always found his interaction with the fig tree to be very funny so, yes? But maybe it’s just now I viewed it haha.
he probably did, lengthybuttcrack
Absolutely ☺️
the way He answers prayers sometimes make it pretty obvious he does.
God has a wicked sense of humor so his son being a chip off the old block definitely got some of that same wickedness.
Remember when he turned to Peter and said, "Pete, I'm a stone. And you, you pebble, you're a chip off the old block. Yadda, yadda, and upon this done I will build my church." (What the finish is, is disputed, but I digress.) And then a few verses later he basically tells him to not to be a block head.
I don’t think Jesus “got a kick out of” seeing people’s reactions to his miracles. What Jesus was doing was very serious and important. He also knew what was ahead of Him in terms of the Crucifixion.
Absolutely. He has a great sense of humor and He was/is full of joy. He wants us to be filled with joy too🌈❤️ we get our sense of humor from Him
In the mini series That is on YouTube, he’s shown to do some silly stuff, like splash water in Maria etc. so I guess and I’d like to think he had and has
Yes, Jesus becomes human so therefore He can also experience happiness, sadness, anger, fear and all sorts of emotions that a human can ever feel but the only difference of Jesus to us is He is spirit filled, filled with the spirit of God, He is a righteous man, He might be trialed in temptation but He overcomes it.
He was not just God, he was also 100% human. That's your answer.
Yes, based on personal experiences, I do think God (Jesus and Holy Spirit) have a sense of humor. :)
Some of the jokes may be lost on us, because we've heard them spoken reverently so often. I think the parable of the man with a Log in his eye trying to remove a Speck from another man's eye is hilarious once you start to visualize it!
I've started watching The Chosen, and I really like how they portray Jesus! He smiles and laughs, jokes with his disciples.
He changed water into wine…. COME ON
It is my belief that Jesus does not possess a sense of humor. However, when we examine the concept of humor, we find it often associated with mockery or scoffing.
As the psalmist David proclaimed, 'Blessed is the one who does not sit in the seat of mockers.'
To 'sit in the seat' signifies participation in their actions. Hence, Jesus Christ never engaged in such actions, being blessed. Instead, he frequently associated with people who possessed a sense of humor without condemnating them. He offered them a path away from their sinful lifestyles, providing them with knowledge of life's true purpose.
Many who claim to have a 'sense of humor' fail to grasp the seriousness of life. Yet, in Jesus, we find true happiness. This happiness does not stem from foolishness but from faithfulness."
He was fully human. He experienced everything that we do except for sin. It is probable, but not all people have one (or a good one).
Yes you should read the humor of Christ
I feel He is cheeky after the resurrection when He was surprising people
I saw a portrayal of Jesus telling about the speck in someone's eye, while having a plank in yours. The actor picked up a board and held it up in front of his eye when he delivered the line with a grin and the people listening all laughed.
That plays more real to me than a somber Jesus who always spoke as if he were doing a dramatic reading
Jesus was 100% human. There is zero chance he had no sense of humour.
yea i think God is full humor. he makes a joke out of my life. im the one thats not laughing
i think Jesus humor was likely quite dry (like my own) but he was extremely witty. and has certainly made me laugh.
Do you think he could have silently and amusingly chuckled to himself at watching his disciples reactions?
Do you think Jesus ever “got a kick” out of seeing peoples’ reactions to his miracles?
he was always perfectly honest and doing miracles merely to be seen by others or to be admired / aim to provoke a certain reaction would be impure (motivated by secretive, manipulative intentions) and against his own teaching.
also, there is often an element of schadenfreude in humor, which is impure. this is not to say that i think that Jesus is anti-humor or that humor is bad.
i think Jesus was obviously capable of having humor but i don't think he ever acted out of humorous intentions like you described.
The bible doesn't say but it does describe God as 'the happy God'. Plus when he said to Jesus 'let us make them in our image' he wasn't talking about physical because they're are spirits. So it must have been talking about spiritual traits or capacity. I'm sure our 'sense of humor' is linked to joy, one of the fruitage of Gods spirit.
Jesus loves little children and no one can make you laugh more than silly kids! Of course he laughed! He also sees us as children, so I think we make Him laugh as well. I can't wait to laugh with Him about it up in Heaven!
Totally watch The Chosen. You’d get a kick out of it. Jonathan Roumie makes me laugh in it. He shows that Jesus could have had a real human side with real emotions (that includes humor). Reading the Bible sometimes doesn’t portray how relatable Jesus is (outside of problems we have).
Yes. He had to. He had all the grief but also all the joy. I love how Jesus is portrayed in The Chosen tv show. He laughs and jokes a lot. It feels more real.
I believe so because many people followed him and enjoyed being with him. Im sure in their intimate gatherings they all talked and laughed with Jesus and I’m sure he spit some jokes.
Jesus is God and God created the very existence of a “sense of humor”. The people of God who have the gift of making people laugh were created in the likeness of God ,therefore, Jesus does and did have a sense of humor. Jesus definitely makes me laugh a lot of times lol.
I think he had a "sense" of humor, but ultimately his focus would have been his future sacrifice. I think his sense of humor would have been in the irony of things, or that which is distracting to the senses.. and I think more often he chose to rebuke that which he would find funny rather than to laugh at it. Despite the inner peace depicted on his face in paintings and such, I would personally choose to say Jesus was a very serious person.
It is what you find most funny that tells who you truly are.
Not to say he wasn't ever happy, just it would be like giggling stoned at a funeral with how his life was designed to be.
There's a verse where God tells one of the followers of Jesus, "My grace is sufficient for thee.." after being asked to remove a thorn in their side.. it's kind of like Jesus lived his whole life with a thorn in his side, where everything technically looked bleak for him, and even he had to show faith to God in his final sacrifice. God gave him nothing but grace and he ran with it, but life was not happening for a cheerful reason by that time in life, so Jesus would have had many personal struggles as he became matured in God's purpose for him. I think where Jesus could have found humor from time to time is where it would be Too easy to take care of it all, but it would have been sobering with the realization of what it would take to do so.
Jesus said unless we hate everyone in our lives including ourselves we cannot be his disciple
Luke 14:26
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
Why would he say that? It would be because of this verse:
Luke 5:31 KJV: And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Which ties it into this summary regarding humor:
1 Corinthians 13:11-13
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity*, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
*(love)
He had a >perfect< sense of humor in fact! :D
**has (present tense bc He is Risen) 🫶🏽
Maybe get the beam out of your eye?
I'm glad you posted this question, because I have been reading the Gospels envisioning Jesus' sense of humor lately. The risen Jesus has a particularly good sense of prank-y humor. He walks up to his disciples (who don't recognize him) on the road to Emmaus, and goes, "what's all the hubub about?" and then strings them along, citing every prophecy and scripture starting with Moses, totally astonishing his friends who STILL don't recognize him...then he breaks the bread and vanishes right when they realize who Jesus is.
Just before this, he appears to Mary Magdalene, who, also not recognizing him, asks where the body of Jesus might be? And Jesus goes, "hmmm.....that's a good question - I'm not sure about that, MARY!" and she recognizes him.
Then, later on, he appears to his disciples in the upper room and basically goes, "y'all got anything to eat around here?"
Also in John's Gospel, he cooks breakfast for the disciples after ribbing them about their tough morning of unsuccessful fishing.
Like dude. What a bro.
I do believe Jesus had a sense of humor, but I don’t think at the moment laughing at a person’s reactions was something on his mind since it wasn’t a humorous moment
HAS
Why do you think the preacher once had a sermon about forgiveness the day after I had a spat with my cousins?
Going off the texts, humans are created in God's image. It would seem to naturally follow that God would have a sense of humor, because we do.
Maybe never met the guy. But Jesus wasn’t God either so not sure why you are confusing both.
Great point !
Matthew 26:25
*Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said “Rabbi, is it I?” he said to him, “You have said it.”
In another versions it says “Don’t play games with me Judas.” Or so I’ve heard.
Jesus jump scared all the decipals as the locked themself in a house,litereally saying "peace my brothers" as he suddently appears im the middle of them ,one of the many reasons i love him is how he can lighten the atmosphere with his humour 🤣 amen
the same question would be do humans have humor?
He was a human like we are except he didn't sin
Absolutely. He's probably got many jokes.