A comedian’s hilarious take on this overused phrase is comedy gold. John Crist mentions how tired he is of hearing people say this phrase, which originates in the New Testament. Watch the short but hysterical clip to learn what the phrase is and why he believes its overuse has become a problem.

Our world is constantly changing in nearly every area imaginable, one of which is how we speak and write. Language is an ever-changing and evolving thing. What people commonly said in the 1970s is not often heard today, and if you say something like “groovy” or “far out,” you’ll get more than a few puzzled looks.

However, while language is perpetually changing, people tend to latch on to new words and phrases and never let them go. For instance, a few years back, the word “epic” was, for some reason, popular amongst everyone. Everything was epic; this and that were epic – everywhere you turned, there was a whole lot of epic. It got old very fast.

In a clip posted on YouTube, John mentions a phrase that people have started to overuse to express their anger: “Jesus flipped tables.” Essentially, people will say this to make their anger and rage at the smallest, most insignificant things seem righteous, as if they have the right to be angry about this or that thing. It has become a little much, and John hilariously explains that he’s tired of hearing people say it.

“People in 2025 are getting a little too confident in the ‘Jesus flipped tables’ phrase,” he said. “Now, it’s just used, I feel like, to like justify people’s anger management issues.”

Later in the clip, John adds that the people who are saying that phrase and those who also said another popular phrase a few years back, “Jesus drank wine,” look remarkably similar.

Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”