Or another reason?
2006-06-23 00:27:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And I take it Jesus may have been a popular first name of the time?
2006-06-23 00:28:26 · update #1
The prophecy says that Jehovah will name the Messiah before he is born as a human. (Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31) Long before his birth, Jesus is named “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) Immanuel, likely the name of a son of Isaiah, also turns out to be a prophetic name of the Messiah. (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23) Even the given name by which the Messiah will come to be known—Jesus—is foretold before his birth. (Luke 1:30, 31) "So the angel said to her: “Have no fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God; 31 and, look! you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you are to call his name Jesus" This name comes from the Hebrew word that means “Jehovah Is Salvation.” Clearly, Jesus is not a self-appointed Christ.
2006-06-23 00:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋
*** it-2 p. 52 Jesus Christ ***
JESUS CHRIST
The name and title of the Son of God from the time of his anointing while on earth.
The name Jesus (Gr., I·e·sous´) corresponds to the Hebrew name Jeshua (or, in fuller form, Jehoshua), meaning “Jehovah Is Salvation.” The name itself was not unusual, many men being so named in that period. For this reason persons often added further identification, saying, “Jesus the Nazarene.” (Mr 10:47; Ac 2:22) Christ is from the Greek Khri·stos´, the equivalent of the Hebrew Ma·shi´ach (Messiah), and means “Anointed One.” Whereas the expression “anointed one” was properly applied to others before Jesus, such as Moses, Aaron, and David (Heb 11:24-26; Le 4:3; 8:12; 2Sa 22:51), the position, office, or service to which these were anointed only prefigured the superior position, office, and service of Jesus Christ. Jesus is therefore preeminently and uniquely “the Christ, the Son of the living God.”—Mt 16:16; see CHRIST; MESSIAH.
2006-06-23 09:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by Philly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha. . . Christ is just another translation. I just answer that in the language session.
Nevermind, I will do it again. The name of Jesus have many translation. In Hebrew, it is never Jesus. It is Yeshua. In Bahasa Malay, it is Yesus. In Arabic, it is Isa. In Chinese it was Ye-Shu. So, frankly, what we known as Jesus is actually not the most correct one.
As for Christ, it is not a name but title. It means Messiah (Muslim call him Almasih, Isa means Jesus. So for Muslim, it is Isa Almasih).
What we have Jesus Christ in English is after few translation. First to Greek, finally to English. So, theorically, it is not accurate. But don't worry, the Lord knows our problem, and he sees your heart.
Initially I have problem, but now no more.
2006-06-23 08:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by Melvin C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christ means Messiah and was his title, they really didnt have last names as we know them back then, For example, Jesus was Jesus bar (or in some cases ben, meaning the same thing)Joseph, bar meaning son of, so Joseph would have been bar his father's name
2006-06-23 07:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Jesus real name was Jehoshua. And when it comes to a "family name", he would have been Jehoshua ben David.
Family names as we have them now in the West did not exist then in the Middle East.
The word "Christ" was much later added by meddling theologians and means "saviour".
2006-06-23 09:12:20 · answer #5 · answered by Sean F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It was a Jewish name. 100 years after alleged death of Jesus on the Cross, his followers who were Hebrew and later, Greeks mispronounced Krishna and made him Christ and Janaka John, Adim which means the ancient in Sanskrit is made Adam, like wise.
2006-06-23 07:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was named Jesus because they were told by God to name him that.
Christ is actually a name for Messiah and was not used until His later ministry by the disciples.
2006-06-23 07:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ is not a name. It is a title. It is the Greek word for messiah.
2006-06-23 07:31:56 · answer #8 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Christos" (Christ) is the Greek word for Messiah, which is Hebrew for Anointed. It is a title recognizing Jesus' position as the Anointed one, who was expected in the OT prophets.
2006-06-23 07:35:23 · answer #9 · answered by Swish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st his name wasn't actually Jesus, that's Greek not Aramaic. 2nd Christ isn't a name it is a title. Hope that clears it up for ya.
2006-06-23 07:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by obitdude2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋