Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) is on March 28, 2024 here is excellent article Maundy Thursday.

Recorded around 1250–1300, the word maundy comes from the Old French mande, in turn from the Latin mandātum, which means “mandate or command.” As you may have guessed, this Latin word is the source of the English mandate.

The specific mandate or command at hand refers to the words Jesus is believed to have spoken after washing the feet of his disciples during the Last Supper. In the Gospel of John, chapter 13, verse 34, Jesus said:

“A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” New commandment, in the Latin of the Vulgate, is novum mandātum.

First we read this day is referred to as Maundy Thursday, derived from the first Latin word of John 13:34: 

Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos: I give you a new commandment: love one another

Here is the answer on John 13:34 Latin Vulgate

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Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews

The initialism INRI (Latin: Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum) represents the Latin inscription (in John 19:19 and Matthew 27:37), which in English translates to “Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews”, and John 19:20 states that this was written in three languages—Hebrew, Latin, and Greek—during the crucifixion of Jesus.