Was jesus really a mexican? I doubt it. but where did he get the name? Did mary and joe name him after there gardner or something?
2007-02-19 17:44:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was changed from Fred to Jesus as a concession when the US acquired the southwest states from Mexico.
(Treaty of Hildalgo, aka Treaty of Lee Van Cleef, Feb 31,1822)
2007-02-19 17:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus had an Aramaic name, Yeshua eban Marian (AKA Yeshua iban Marion). However, the New Testament was written in Greek, thus they used a more Grecian spelling of the name. Greek men's names tended to end in 's', so the letter was added. In Greek, the letter J was a vowel, and was used in place of the Aramaic 'y' sound. Jesus would have been pronounced EE-AY-sus, having something similar to a 'y' sound at the beginning.
2007-02-20 02:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by Geoffrey J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is a Greek form of the hebrew Yeshua, known to us as Joshua. The beginning of the book of Luke gives the account of how Jesus got His name.
2007-02-20 02:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by MythBuster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why I'M answering such a stupid question other than to get my cheap two points. Mexicans are names after Jesus not the other way around genius! Now give me my 10 bonus points or Ill explode a watermelon in your living room! lol
2007-02-20 01:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is not a Mexican name, Mexicans use the name but it is not a Mexican name.
2007-02-20 02:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by Angelz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you must pry, Spanish was built off the Latin language, which was built off Greek. Whereas the Spanish adopted the name Jesus, the English form is Joshua. But "Jesus" is a transliteration of the Greek.
2007-02-20 01:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is a Latinized name. Mary and Joseph named Jesus something which unfortunately I can't spell; but phonetically is sounds like "Yahs-wa", the "Christianized" name is Joshua. The SPANISH name is pronounced "Hey-Zues". So, nope sorry to say they didn't name him after any gardener.
2007-02-20 01:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle_My_Belle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure that the name Jesus was take by the spaniards and so it passed on into mexico's culture. Plus Jesus isn't called jesus cristo, it is Jesucristo, there is not "s" in the end of Jesus. Jesus was also named by commanded.
2007-02-20 01:52:42 · answer #8 · answered by darkscyth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God told Mary through his angel that she would have a son and his name shall be called Jesus. He was Jewish. It is very disrespectful that hispanics name their children Jesus.
Take it up with God if you have a problem with it.
2007-02-20 01:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Momma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a mexican name if it came from the middle east is it?
2007-02-20 01:47:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋