Truth is the "imag"ined name that "catholics" and "christians" gave to one head of their three headed pagan "god" was first spoken less then 600 years ago which was more than 1400 years after The Only True GOD and Father of The Messiah raised Him from among the dead! Now if your preference is to use the modern english transliteration of The Messiah's GOD given hebrew birth name, that name would be Joshua.......period....... However, i certainly do realize that if you tell the multitudes a lie often enough for a long period of time, that they will believe the lie and sadly, they will then reject The Truth ;-( Yet, while there is breath(spirit) there is hope! For Miracles do happen! Hope is there will be those who experience The Miracle that is "receiving a love of The Truth", for they will "see" The Messiah as He was, and always will be, and they will have naught to do with the "imag"ined "jesus" of catholic&christian lore. Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(religion) that is of this world
2006-12-31 10:19:24 · 13 answers · asked by pilgrimandstranger 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Matthew 1:21 "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
WRITTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
What do you mean "less than 600 years ago."
2006-12-31 10:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Jesus" is an accommodation into English.
In the Greek of the New Testament, it would have been pronounced something like "Yeshua," because the Greek tried to bring the Aramaic into the sounds of Greek. In the Aramaic of Jesus' Israel, it would have sounded a lot like the Greek "Yeshua." From the old Hebrew of the Pentateuch, "Joshua" is how it came over into English, but there were no vowel pointing system until the Masoretic Text was established by the Rabbis of the 12th century; so we don't actually know how it was pronounced when Moses and Joshua were alive!!
In Islamic nations Jesus is called "Issa." In Japanese it's more like "Yessoo."
What does it matter, though? God knows who we are talking about, His only begotten Son.
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
2006-12-31 10:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a Jew, but he was raised in Galilee, a heavily Hellenized part of Judaism. The Gospels actually go out of their way to tell us about the few times that Jesus spoke Aramaic during his career. The structure of many of Jesus' sayings indicate that they were originally composed in Greek, and John tells us that Jesus spent a good part of his ministry in Greek-speaking regions.
Not only that, but by the time of Christ most Jews could not speak Hebrew at all. Palestinian Jews spoke Aramaic, but the Diaspora spoke Greek. The Jewish Bible at the time of Christ was the Greek Septuagint - that is the version that Jesus and the Apostles quote. In the Septuagint, "Joshua" is "Jesus," the son of Nave.
And finally, there is not a real difference between "Joshua" and "Jesus." The "s" in Greek is a cross between "sin" and "sheen" - the Greeks do not have an "sh" sound in their language. The ending "-a" is dropped in Greek and replaced with the masculine "-os," making "Josuos." The Greek letter 'eta' was close to the Hebrew 'o,' making "Jesous" the closest Greek equivalent to the Hebrew "Joshua."
2006-12-31 10:30:18 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Hebrew, the named used for Jesus comes from the root Yod-Shin-Ayin, giving the name Yeshua, which means roughly, the 'saviour' or 'messiah' (literally it means 'he will save'). Taking the name Yeshua, which is a contracted form from the same root as Joshua (which is Yehoshua), it became latinized into Iesu. In Latin, I and J were the same letter, the name got changed into Jesu. The ending S was probably added as a convention to indicate the prononciation of the U as in French, for example, the last S in not pronounced.
2007-01-02 09:36:00 · answer #4 · answered by Kaoso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it really matter how you pronounce His name ? He is called many names Emanuel, Joshua (as you have said) and many others. As Long s His names is said with love and respect then I'm sure He don't mind how its pronounced.
However I do call Him Joshua a lot when I'm praying to Him and worshipping .
Hope you have a Great and Blessed New Year !
2006-12-31 10:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Bridget 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than Joshua the more acurate Hebrew name is Yeheshua which has a number of correspondences with Messiah being amoungst them
2006-12-31 10:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by simon c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all Catholics are Christians. All denominations that worship Jesus Christ are Christians. Jesus Christ is the son of God. He is the redeemer of all. There is only one God and he is your God, my God and every persons God.
2006-12-31 10:23:44 · answer #7 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the way His name was translated into English.
2006-12-31 10:28:22 · answer #8 · answered by ted.nardo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean Catholics and Protestants. The first Christians were Catholic in their beliefs, and the first Protestants were offshoots of the Catholic Church.
2006-12-31 10:26:56 · answer #9 · answered by Life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you say Mohammad in Chinese? And, is the same in Espanol, or German, or even Crow? That may help you understand.
2006-12-31 10:24:07 · answer #10 · answered by DATA DROID 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋