David Beckham's New Tattoo: 'Jesus Being Carried By Three Cherubs' (VIDEO/PHOTO)

David Beckham recently decided he needed some more body art and got a brand new tattoo.

The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder posted pictures on Facebook and explained the meaning behind his new tattoo.

"Obviously, the cherubs are boys. So my thought of it is, you know, at some point, my boys are going to need to look after me," he said. "And that's what they're doing in the picture. Everything has a meaning that I've got on me."

It took 12 hours total for artist Mark Mahoney to complete the tattoo. Scroll down to look at the tattoo and watch the video.

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Comments

[johnnybij]

07:48 AM on 03/03/2011

you know what, this isnt news, but i was so sick of the 'Awesome Buzzer Beater!', 'eyes behind the head pass!', 'MLB player arrested!' overdose that i had to open it. I have to say your sports section is total cr*p. make-over time.

[ardentapathy]

07:25 PM on 03/02/2011

This isn't news.

[Unrepentantliberal]

01:07 PM on 03/02/2011

Everybody and their grandmother has a tattoo these days......... it's not exactly cutting edge anymore David.

[ontariogirl]

12:43 PM on 03/02/2011

I thought they were expecting another child? They will have to bump up the number of cherubs I guess.

[YeahDonkey]

12:58 AM on 03/02/2011

That's great David, now if you could actually do your job and get us a cup, I will stop making fun of you on twitter.

[BMVB]

11:42 PM on 03/01/2011

I thought this guys was actually meant to change american's attitude about soccer. www.sportbloggers.com

[Tim Moore]

11:07 PM on 03/01/2011

Real classy... Usually, one must go to a bowling alley to find someone of such high caliber...

[KIVPossum]

05:39 PM on 03/02/2011

Or a basketball stadium

[steelol]

07:34 PM on 03/01/2011

I see he opted for the White Jesus. RACIST!!!!!!!11111!!

[Bci Kasa]

08:41 PM on 03/01/2011

Exactly, he is a racist. Everyone knows Jesus is Mexican.

[asterdarius]

07:26 PM on 03/01/2011

does he play a sport? i saw him kicking a ball around? is that a sport?

[YeahDonkey]

12:55 AM on 03/02/2011

Just the most popular sport in the world.

[jajenkins]

05:47 PM on 03/02/2011

It's more of a sport than that absurd game with all the protective equipment (poor darlings!) and the constant stops for breathers.

Sami Khedira of Real Madrid runs 13K a game - in every direction. Your typical American football match runs over several interminable hours - but the players only actually play for an estimated 15 minutes.

[FlashmanYouRogue]

05:16 PM on 03/01/2011

Messiah complex much? Becks has three boys and Jesus is being carried by three cherubs (sorry, fhree cherubs, with the accent 'n' all). Well, you are worshipped back across the pond, so I guess it makes more sense than I'm giving it credit for.

[mytwocents02]

05:08 PM on 03/01/2011

The cherubs are his boys so Beckham thinks he is Jesus? Wow, I didn't know ego comes in such humongous size.

[Montcalms Revenge]

04:57 PM on 03/01/2011

Jesus wasn't English...(thank God!) ;-)

[chiodo08]

03:22 PM on 03/01/2011

nice work...