Origin of the Name “Jesus”

Posted on February 2, 2008 by KG in Hebrew Lesson.
Updated on February 2, 2009

Q: Where did the name “Jesus” come from if his real name is Yeshua?
A: The Bible was not written in English. What we read in English today are translations from other languages. The "New Testament" was written in Greek. Hence, the name "Jesus" is found nowhere in the Scriptures—it is a translation of the Greek [...]

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Yeshua vs. Yahshua

Posted on February 2, 2008 by KG in Hebrew Lesson.
Updated on February 2, 2009

Q: Why “Yeshua” and not “Yahshua”?
A: This is really quite a simple exercise. The name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua) appears multiple times in Ezra and Nehemiah and once in each of the books of Chronicles. In the English, you can usually find it as “Jeshua”. To arrive at the correct pronunciation, however, you have [...]

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