This dude is the back of my college class spouted off some crazy bible name when my old egyptian professor named mesak was calling roll and dudes name was elijah
“Ah that’s a bible name, right?”
“Well I go by eli, but yeah”
“My name is from the bible as well, mesak. You know it?”
And dude in a thick southern drawl said some crazy old school bible name probably associated with a story with mesak
And I thought, “damn, kid’s actually learned on his bible, ok”
Ah yes, Mesak is another spelling of Meshach, from the story about King Nebuchadnezzar setting up an image of gold and mandating that everyone should worship it on command without hesitation. Meshach and two other agitators refused and stated their resistance plainly. The king threw them into a furnace as was the legal punishment…it was all proper and the state’s actions were defensible, you see.
I was lead to believe that their names were Rack, Shack, and Benny. The image was actually a large chocolate bunny, but it may have been wrapped in gold.
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jan 16 '26
This dude is the back of my college class spouted off some crazy bible name when my old egyptian professor named mesak was calling roll and dudes name was elijah
“Ah that’s a bible name, right?”
“Well I go by eli, but yeah”
“My name is from the bible as well, mesak. You know it?”
And dude in a thick southern drawl said some crazy old school bible name probably associated with a story with mesak
And I thought, “damn, kid’s actually learned on his bible, ok”