why does everyone refer to him as jesus christ? in researching the origins of his name.. you find that there wasn’t ever a J till centuries later... and they had transliterated his name into Greek.. but in Aramaic it is pronounced eeshoua,(it meant saviour) and the Etymology of christ is from the word christos, which in greek is a translation of Messiah.. which literally means "the anointed 1". infact why do we use the word GOD.. because its origins are from HINDU scripts!!! in Aramaic the word is ALAHA.. in Hebrew its ELOHIM, and Arabic ALLAH. considering Christianity came from the middle east.. why don’t we use any of these words and have replaced them with a Hindu 1?? Jehovah isn’t even how u pronounce the tetragammaton.. YVHV is an abbreviation according to JEWS! why did Christianity spread from ROME.. what do the ROMANS have to do with anything apart from crucifying christ? does no1 care about the council of nicea? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea
2006-10-16 08:47:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is true that the Almighty did not say, "Listen, thousands of years from now when a new language called English comes along, they can pronounce my name as 'Jehovah' and my son's name as 'Jesus' and that's fine."
Instead, like with any and every personal name, different languages TRANSLATE personal names to fit their lingual tendencies. George becomes "Hor-hey" in Spanish or "Gay-org" in German and no one gets upset.
The Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) seems to accurately pronounce the divine name. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.
The important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”, especially if you speak Hebrew. If you speak English, feel free to use the name "Jehovah". Apply the same idea to the names "Yeshua" and "Jesus".
(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth
(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them
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http://watchtower.org/library/na/index.htm
2006-10-17 03:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tribes and peoples that have never even heard of the Greeks or the Romans or the hebrew and so on call God by different names.
One tribe called him the "great Boa" and the way to him was by "jumping the great boa" if you did not jump the great Boa when you died, you simply became termite food.
The point here is not what we call God in any given culture, the point is that we accept that there is a creator and that we worship the creator rather than the created.
2006-10-16 15:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called English. As a language it draws on a variety of earlier languages. If you expect it to make sense, you will frustrate yourself and others. I'm not certain of your own native language, but every living language has words that do not reflect their own original etymology. (The word "nice" used to mean "stupid.") If you were to look at your own language and follow back every word to its original meaning, you'd have a lot of nonsense. The beauty of a language is that it communicates to those who speak it. The term Jesus Christ means something to those who care about such things, and so it works for them.
Have you ever considered switching to decaf?
2006-10-16 15:57:49 · answer #3 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally, nobody really knows the correct pronunciation of Tetragrammaton anymore...
It comes from trasnlations, yes, but it's the accepted name nowdays and people know what it means. Just a name, just a label put on a person or an idea. The name really doesn't matter nearly so much as what's behind it.
2006-10-16 15:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was and is the Christ! The Messiah, I Am, The Word, God With Us, Emmanuel, Yeshua.The name is not as important as the meaning. We use whatever word in our language best fits Him and us.
2006-10-16 15:50:25 · answer #5 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's true, us Assyrians (speak modern Aramaic) refer to God as Allaha, and Jesus can be called Eeshou or Mseekah, or both. Glad you knew that we call God Allaha.
2006-10-16 22:25:46 · answer #6 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More important than quarreling over His name is the question, do you know Him as your savior? Now that's a question worth your time.
2006-10-16 16:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is King of Kings, Lord of Lords. He's my Savior, He's my all in all........that's what I care about.
2006-10-16 15:57:34 · answer #8 · answered by Gail R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we ALL know who Christ is.
2006-10-16 16:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋