Wandering Jew

See also: wandering Jew

English

Proper noun

Wandering Jew

A Jewish shoemaker who, in Christian tradition, taunted Jesus Christ on the way to his (Jesus') crucifixion and for that was condemned to wander the Earth until Jesus' return (ie. the second coming).

Translations

the Jewish shoemaker from the Christian legend

Finnish: vaeltava juutalainen
French: juif errant (fr)
German: Ewiger Jude m, Wandernder Jude m

Greek: Περιπλανώμενος Ιουδαίος m (Periplanómenos Ioudaíos)
Portuguese: Judeu Errante m
Russian: Ве́чный Жид m (Véčnyj Žid)

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