if no what was his real name
2006-09-10 02:50:30 · 26 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was given the name Jesus at birth. As for His last name it would of been whatever Mary and Josephs last name was. I'm not sure the bible says what it was. Will have to look into that.
2006-09-10 02:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Jesus' mother's husband Joseph was instructed by an angel of the Lord to name him Yeshua (which transliterated into Greek and then into Latin is Jesus) - because Jesus was to save His people from their sins. And Yeshua means 'The Lord saves.' (See Matthew 1:21)
Christ is the Greek for the Hebrew Messiah (or more properly, Mashiach) - which means 'Anointed One'. This person had been expected by the Jewish people already for centuries by the time Jesus appeared on this earth, because the prophets had foretold His coming.
For example, Psalm 2 speaks of the Lord's Anointed One (v. 2), referring to Him also as the Lord's King (v. 6) and the Lord's Son (v. 7). There are other passages as well, which may not use the phrase 'Anointed One', but are nonetheless understood by both Jews and Christians to refer to the Messiah:
Isaiah 7:14, which is cited in Matthew 1:23 to indicate that Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy - namely that the Messiah will be 'God with us'.
Psalm 110:1, which is cited in Matthew 22:41-45 (in particular, v. 44) to show, again, that the Messiah is to be much more than just the son of David.
And there are many other passages as well, especially Isaiah 53, which speaks of the Messiah's giving His life as a sin offering for His people and rising from the dead, and Psalm 22, which gives more detail about the precise nature of the suffering that the Messiah is (or was) to undergo.
Most Jews do not believe that Jesus fulfilled these prophecies, so at least the Orthodox among them are still waiting for Messiah to come, and so they do not give Jesus the title Messiah or Christ. Christians, on the other hand, understand Jesus to be the fulfillment of these prophecies - i.e. that He is the Messiah - so that they do accord Him this title.
2006-09-10 10:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by songkaila 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to Luke, he was formally given the name at his circumcision. Luke 2:21 "When the child was eight days old, he was circumcised. At the same time he was named Jesus. This was the name the angel had given him before his mother became pregnant." As he states, the angel had given Mary the name before she became pregnant. It was common Jewish practice to name boys at their circumcision.
Surnames in the modern sense didn't exist. Christ or Xristos from the Greek language is actually translated "anointed." The Hebrew/Aramaic equivalent would be Messiah. Some argue that Jesus should be called Yeshua, the Hebrew form of the name. Jesus, Iesous In Greek, is the Greek translation of Yeshua, which means, "God saves." In the first century, it made more sense to TRANSLATE the name than to have a meaningless (to most of the world) transliteration of the Hebrew name.
2006-09-10 10:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was born with the name Jesus. Christ is the title of his nature. His correct name is Jesus the Christ Son of God.
2006-09-10 09:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He would usually have been known as Jesus, son of Joseph. However, as he travelled, people started referring to him as Jesus of Nazareth.
But here is another question -- did his middle name start with a "H: or an "F"? Because I've heard both "Jesus F Christ" and "Jesus H Christ"
2006-09-10 10:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is a name... thought not his name as there were no letter J's in any language at that time. Most likely his name was Yahshua (Joshua). Christ is a title, means annointed one, same as Messiah. And that is a title that is earned. King David, in writings outside of the Bible, is called Messiah as he established Israel as a nation alongside other nations. Contrary to what a lot of people think, Christ/Messiah does not mean savior. And Yahshua means Yah (God's name, YHVH) Saves. All Hebrew names had similar themes in them, leaning towards an attribute of their God.
2006-09-10 10:01:25 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lets get this straight for once and all.
There is so far only two possibilities found so far:
(1) Yeshua Mashiach
(2) Joshua bar-Joseph
But we do know it was not Jesus since there is no J in the Hebrew alphabet. This is just another bad interpretation by the Greeks.
2014-08-23 23:16:33 · answer #7 · answered by eugene 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was his name at birth Christ we get to him
2006-09-10 10:05:44 · answer #8 · answered by fireguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always wondered what the H. in his middle name stands for. You know people say "Jesus H. Christ" Is the H for Henry, or Herbert, or even Humperdink. Jesus Humperdink Christ...I like that.
2006-09-10 09:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by slyintellectual 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His parents named him Jesus. He is the Christ.
2006-09-10 09:56:25 · answer #10 · answered by jymsis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ahhh, your wrong Grendle. and so is L Ron hubbard. Matt.16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
This while Christ was here on earth. You are right about the title though.
2006-09-10 10:10:08 · answer #11 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋