2006-06-07 04:31:07 · 10 answers · asked by sam m 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
People didn't use surnames then. People were identified by their lineage (son of Joseph) or town of origin (of Galelee, of Nazareth, etc).
Jesus is the first name; Christ is a title, not a name ( given by the greeks long after his death)
2006-06-07 04:36:09 · answer #1 · answered by wabbitqueen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two lists of Jesus Christ's earthly lineage have been preserved in the Scriptures, at Matthew 1, and Luke 3.
One follows Mary's ancestry, showing Jesus NATURAL descent from David, while the other shows Christ's LEGAL right to the throne of David ... Both Mt & Lk signify that Joseph was not Jesus' actual father but only his adoptive father, giving Jesus the LEGAL RIGHT to the throne of his Father's/God's Heavenly Kingdom. That was the entire/important intent of their reporting Jesus' lineage. Christ was/is actually the Son of God.
Joseph is mentioned as 'husband of Mary', rather than 'father of Jesus'. Joseph was a carpenter, & trained Jesus to be a carpenter. Jesus was called both, "the carpenter's son", and "the carpenter". Surnames now often come from a person's means of livelihood, so some might consider this to be Jesus' earthly-family's surname.
Although, surnames were not in common use until the 17th to 19th centuries ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surnames
Family name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.watchtower.org/bible/index.htm
Read the Bible online:
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
2006-06-07 12:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in approximately 1 AD (or 1 CE, if you want to be politically correct), there were no surnames in Jesus's region. Jesus's full name was Jesus of Nazareth. "Christ" is a term that means "Messiah" or "the anointed one". I suppose you could say that "of Nazareth" is Jesus's surname.
2006-06-07 11:38:27 · answer #3 · answered by Christy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't have a surname, because people didn't have them then. He was given the Greek title "Christ", which means "anointed one". He may have been known as "Jesus ben Joseph", which means "Jesus son of Joseph".
2006-06-12 09:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by tangerine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had no surname, because then there were not any, these came about much later than this time.
2006-06-07 15:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by Semora 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus son of Joseph I imagine since he was his earthly dad.
2006-06-07 11:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by jaemers24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Yeshua ben Josef"
This page gives a bit of information on this. You can ignore any religious opinions and just concentrate on the info regarding the name:
http://thenazareneway.com/yeshua_jesus_real_name.htm
2006-06-07 13:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by Grumpy Kansan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glickstein.
2006-06-07 11:33:53 · answer #8 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some studies place it as "Panterra"
2006-06-07 11:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ, isnt it?
2006-06-07 11:35:01 · answer #10 · answered by georgieporgie2005uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋