2006-06-25 05:28:44 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thats like saying Santa and Satan are the same guy
2006-06-25 11:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Pervy_Pirate 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
As you know, words can be close in sound or spelling and have totally different meanings. They can be spelled the same and even sound exactly alike when pronounced, and still have completely different meanings. In this case, Jesus and Zeus are totally different beings. Zeus is a mythical god, and Jesus the Christ is the real God. Scripture (the Bible) can be shown to be not only reliable, but powerful to change lives. Jesus Christ was prophesied to come in the old testament hundreds of years before he actually came. There are hundreds of prophecies from the old testament - about Christ's coming that have been literally fullfilled. Man cannot write that and make it happen. Only a God-inspired book, written by God's prophets can make that happen.
2006-06-25 12:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Richardwk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely no connection.
Zeus, also known as Dias, was the supreme god of the of the 12 Gods in Ancient Greece. For the etymology of Zeus go to: http://www.answers.com/Zeus
Jesus means Saviour. The word is formed from the Greek "Iesous", which was an attempt to render the Aramaic proper name Jeshua (or Yeshua in Hebrew).
2006-06-25 12:54:34 · answer #3 · answered by Adoracion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is just another way that satan is attempting (and succeeding, in many ways) to confuse our knowledge of the Godhead. "Jesus" is an anglicized version of His Jewish name -- which is more like Yashuah or Yeshueh. This would have been more correctly transliterated into English as Joshuah. Indeed, it is much the same name of the original Jewish spy sent into the Land of Caannan and (along with Caleb) whom gave a good report of the land. This same Joshuah, whom finally led the Children of Israel into the Land of Caannan, is the one about whom the song is sung regarding the Battle of Jericho. Joshuah was a type of Christ (as was Moses) and it is unfortunate (but understandable) that the Jewish name of Jesus was, instead, misconstrued into a name more resembling the no-gods of the time. ;-)
2006-06-25 12:44:28 · answer #4 · answered by Dave L Clark I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Name Jesus is a Greek interpretation of the Hebrew Name Yeshua or Joshua. Yeshua and Zeus? there is no connection
2006-06-25 12:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by buttercup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next you'll be saying Christos and Krishna sound similar. God and a goat sound the same. Pray and bray too. Idle words. Vain thinking.
Jesus is originally 'Ioshua' or 'Joshua'. Jesus is the anglicised form.
2006-06-25 12:38:45 · answer #6 · answered by Walker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because that is exactly where the word Jesus came from.
There is no literal translation of Joshua into Greek. Jesus came from the word Zeus, the zeus that is which became Jesus
2006-06-25 12:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by MARTY G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm amazed that the pictures of Zeus and God look the same. I'm also amazed that I sometimes confuse Hercules and Jesus. It is also amazing that angels have a striking resemblence to ancient Greeks.
2006-06-25 12:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are those in archeology who believe that statues of Zeus, the God of the Greek Gods were the images upon which subsequent artists depicting Christ modeled their pictures.
2006-06-25 12:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by two 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,since they are not the same. Dora the xpl is right. Jesus in Hebrew or Aramaic means "Saviour" . Zeus is Dhyaus (in Sanskrit)or Dios (in Greek) i.e., "day".(It is from this tht Ju (Zeus)pitr(father) or Jupiter i.e., Father Zeus is derived).
2006-06-25 13:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by einsteinilango 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that is a trick of mixing words from different languages.Yeshua is not much like Zeus.
2006-06-25 12:43:12 · answer #11 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋