Mexican name?
It seems to me that they could have chosen a name that wasn't being used by so many people already.
2007-01-11 04:45:04 · 17 answers · asked by Wanda W 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good one!
2007-01-11 04:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by INDRAG? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Jesus" in Aramaic (the language he spoke) translates as "Joshua" in English, "Jesus" in Latin (including Spanish and Italian) ... and the name 'Jesus' is given now because those people are mostly Christians, not that Jesus was given a 'common name' ... are all people whose name is 'Christian' Christians now. NO. You're putting the 'cart' (the name Jesus) before the horse (the Christian Savior, the CHRIST, which mean's 'anointed one') ... When Jesus was 'named' in the Bible, there wasn't a 'Mexico' ... the 'father's of Christianity' in Italy (the ROMAN empire) came CENTURIES BEFORE Christopher Columbus (look at THAT 'first name'!) sailed to the New World ... and the 'forming of Mexico' as a country came AFTER that.
2007-01-11 04:54:57 · answer #2 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, the "fathers of Christianity" did not "decide" what to name Jesus. I thought everyone knew that. And what makes you think Jesus is a "Mexican name"? The name Jesus was quite common among Jews in that day.
2007-01-11 04:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have the right idea, the wrong time sequence, when he was born, there was no mexico or mexican people yet, atleast as we know them today, when the spaniards invaded the new world,they named every thing after their own spawn, before that the language in use was kind of like polish, all consinents and few vowels and unpronounceable. wrap your tongue arround your tang you would
2007-01-11 04:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by robert r 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah right, most of the other names are quite English sounding, John, Luke, Ringo, Peter, Paul, Mary.. Good characters, but I didn't like the book much. I like non-fiction better.
2007-01-11 04:50:29 · answer #5 · answered by davelibby321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no J in Hebrew, His Hebrew name is Yeshua which means salvation.
Yeshua hu HaMashiach! Yeshuati
2007-01-11 04:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by Sirius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are no fathers of Christianity.
Jesus Christ is the founder of Christianity.
There was no Mexico when God chose
Jesus as the name for His Son.
The spanish speaking world adopted the name Jesus into their language....
God did not borrow it from anyone.
2007-01-11 04:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To quote a scripture "And she shall bring forth a son and thout shall call him Jesus: for he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
2007-01-11 04:54:26 · answer #8 · answered by Big Em 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not a mexican name,its jesus,in spanish its like hayhus
2007-01-11 04:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by yoyoyoyoyoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ is a Mexican name?
2007-01-11 04:48:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the English translation. His name was Jeshua.
2007-01-11 04:49:47 · answer #11 · answered by Bates Water Gardens 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋