Why did the name change from Yeshua to Jesus? Why do we still call Naphtali....Naphtali? not Natalie?

Question

Obviously we don't change every name in the Bible to another "English name".

I say Jesus is not His name. Yeshua...translated from Hebrew to English...means G-d SAVES...or Salvation.

Greeks made up the name Jesus, not because they couldn't pronounce Yeshua, but because they would be condemned if they said "we are going to follow the Jewish Messiah....See ya! "

So they called Him (Hey-Zeus) Jesus. Europe still says it "Hay-Zeus". This was to please Greek traditionalists into thinking that they were still worshiping ZEUS.

His name (the only name that you can be saved) is YESHUA.

Remember this:

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Yeshua Mashiyach haNazarati, whom you crucified, whom Elohim raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is NO OTHER NAME under which you may be saved.

Acts 4:10 & 12...Original writing.

SO...is the name Jesus Holy?

David

http://www.mashiyach.com/SighandCry/jesusholy.htm

Answer 1

While I almost never use the English version of the Greek name, I'm not sure that your case is terribly strong. I guess the challange would be to come up with a Greek spelling of Yeshua that would be pronounced as Yeshua. Most notably - what letter of Greek would have an 'sh' sound? And how do you designate a masculine name in the Greek language without adding an "s" sound on the end. Poor Lasar became Lazarus, likewise Yaakov became Iakobus.

Messianic apologist John McKee wrote a decent article on this topic here:
http://www.tnnonline.net/theonews/natureofgod/snconcerns/Sacred_Name_Concerns.pdf
(skip down to the section on "Jesus" starting at the bottom of Page 9.) Here is an excerpt:

When transliterating the Hebrew Yeshua to Greek:

· y (yod – “ye”) becomes Ih (iota-eta – “ye” or “ee-ay,” Koine or Attic dialect)
· v (shin – “sh”) becomes s (sigma – “s” [there is no “sh” sound in Greek])
· w (vav – “u”) becomes ou (omicron-upsilon – “oo”)
· It is necessary for a final sigma (ß) to be placed at the end of the word to distinguish that the name is masculine
· Greek grammar rules require that the [ (ayin – “ah”) sound be dropped

Hence, we get the name “Iesous” (Ihsouß), pronounced either Ye-sooce or Ee-ay-sooce.

Here some other Messianic associated sources worth reading:
http://www.TooLongInTheSun.com/ZEUS.htm
http://www.AramaicNT.org/NEW/index.php?p=23
http://www.seedofabraham.net/jesusyeshua.html
http://mdl.heartofisrael.org/SacredName.htm

As a result of these articles I have to conclude that the "Jesus = I Zeus" argument is nothing short of an Urban Legend that has become popular within some sects of the Messianic Movement. Don't believe everything you read or hear. So I am inclined to listen to those Messianics that actually have some knowledge of Greek. Listening to theories by people who have no knowledge of Greek in such matters is just silly.

Answer 2

I know He does not mind that I call Him Jesus, I do like the beautiful sound of Yeshua (If I even pronounce it right "yeh-ho-shoo-ah'). Isn't Joshua also derived from that old Hebrew name?
As Moses renamed Hoshea and called him Joshua? Which happens to be the name I picked for my son 23 years ago :)

Answer 3

His name is not derived from Hey-Zeus.....read this excerpt from wikipedia:

"He is commonly referred to as Jesus Christ, where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek christós, meaning the "Anointed One," which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah." The name "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek Iesous, itself believed to be a transliteration of the Hebrew יהושע Yehoshua or Hebrew-Aramaic ישוע Yeshua, meaning "Yahweh is salvation."

Answer 4

i thank God that gentiles are not required to learn hebrew in order to speak the name of the Messiah unto salvation.
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Answer 5

David, you know I love you, brother.

But if you get so caught up on the "name" - you are missing the point, you sound like the Judaizers St. Paul condemns...and the Pharisees that Jesus Himself condemns. Much too legalistic. You know better than that!

You sound like the JW's - and I know that you know how far off-base they are.

Lighten up.

Answer 6

Call him Yeshua if it helps you. I think the point is to call him.