If Jesus is Christan, why does he have a Mexican name?

Question

Essay Question? I am dead serious! Please help. Only serious responses!

Answer 1

The word Jesus is the Latin form of the Greek Iesous, which in turn is the transliteration of the Hebrew Jeshua, or Joshua, or again Jehoshua, meaning "Jehovah is salvation."

Answer 2

That was an essay question? Yeah, right. For what class, dare I ask? Never mind the fact that educators can't teach anything religious. Even if they were allowed to, I can't see any instructor asking such an inane question.

Jesus was not even called Jesus by those around him in his lifetime. His Hebrew name (as it is best spelled out in English letters) was "Yahshua." Then came the Greek permutation, "Iesous." Then the Latin "Iesus." It wasn't spelled with the letter "J" until around 500 years ago.

Mexicans simply took that modern spelling, "Jesus," and pronounced it using the pronunciation rules of Spanish. "J" is pronounced as an English "H," and the "e" is pronounced as an English long "a." There is no "z" sound on the "s" letters, and the "u" is a long "u" rather than the short "u" pronunciation in English.

And since Mexico has a rich Catholic tradition, many people named their sons in honor of their Saviour. And their daughters in honor of the Virgin Mary -- "Maria" is a common name also.

So there you have it. Hope this helps with your -- ahem -- "essay."

Answer 3

Jesus is not a christian because a christian is one who follows Christ. So if Jesus is the Christ then he does not follow the Christ.

Also Jesus of Nazareth who was the Christ was not the first person to be named Jesus.

And Jesus the "Mexican" name is actually Spanish.Prior to the Spaniards Mexico was occupied by Native Americans.

Answer 4

Jesus is a Spanish name (coming from a Jewish name) imported to Mexico. The shorter form is Chucho (pronounced Choo-Choe) just like William with Billy being shorter.
True Mexican names look more like "Moctezuma" from the Aztecs.
Being very Catholic, Mexicans like some of the names of Saints for their children. Maria (Mary) and Juan (John) are very popular. You will even find shops with religious influences in their names ("St Peter of the Sacred Heart Mechanic Workshop")

Good luck with your essay

If your question is more about Jesus from 2000 years ago, it was a Jewish name. He was Christ while "Christian" means a follower of Christ. Jesus didn't follow himself so he wasn't a Christian.
He was a Jewish teacher (or Rabbi). His teachings taught about God, not as a LORD (or Boss) to fear, but as a Father who loves us. That was very different to traditional Jewish teaching.
He even prayed to God to forgive his murderers while being tortured. That was never done before.
Moreover, 3 days after he was dead and buried, his followers were visited by him. They probably didn't make that up since most of them died defending that fact even though they had run away from him when he was arrested. That was pretty different too.

Answer 5

Jesus (which is pronounced hay-SEUSS in Spanish) is a very common name in many languages. Most Mexican people (and virtually all Hispanics around the world) are devout Christians, and Jesus is considered a symbol of that Christian belief.

Answer 6

Mexico came after Jesus.

Answer 7

First of all, Jesus was a jew. Second of all, he was named before the Mexicans were--and by the way, the Mexican way is pronounced "Hay-seus".

Answer 8

I'm sorry... I can't be serious... this question is too funny... I started cracking up when I read this, lol... Jesus pronounced "hay-zoos" is a Mexican name. But it isn't pronounced that way.

Answer 9

Jesus real name probably wasn't "Jesus". His biblical name was derived and interpreted in Latin...the root language for most cultures around the world.

His real name more than likely just translated to "Jesus".

If you listen to the Spanish language, it is heavily steeped in Latin.

Answer 10

Jesus was Jewish when he was born and named so in fact many Mexicans have a Jewish name