Is this true that roman wanted to maintain their god Zeus even after embracing chrsitianity. So they chose a name which is much similar to zues. Jesus-----Zeus?
2007-03-18 07:06:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The name was translated into Greek. "Christos" also meant "The annointed one" His Jewish or Aramaic name was Yeshua bin Yusuf.
2007-03-18 07:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Zeus was a greek god and not Roman..
You are getting Gods mixed up...the Roman gods came from the Patheon
Jupitor
Juno
Mars
Venus
Minerva
Neptune
Ceres
Vulcan
Dianna
Bacdchus
Mercury
Vesta
Is Jesus named after any of them ?
No it was done by Joseph after Mary had given birth they asked what he was to be called and pulled on Joseph's shoulder he spun and stubbed his big toe on a rock and said "OH GOD" grimmaced and then said "GEE SUS" in pain. All who where near shouted out "Jesus" and so he was named.
2007-03-18 14:10:51 · answer #2 · answered by clever investor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he called himself Jesus.
Just like you call yourself you name.
His mom named him
*and besides, even if his name is Yashua, does the name matter above the idea?
i don't know about the zeus one, though.
2007-03-18 14:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by EyeSpeck: [No†hing Less] 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's actually Yeshua, Which is the Hebrew form of Jesus.
To Living T..... Jehoshua is the proper name for Joshua, which is the shortened form. Yeshua has nothing to do with Joshua.
2007-03-18 14:16:05 · answer #4 · answered by Scabius Fretful 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeshua or Joshua is the same name as Jesus. They are just different dialects. In English the name William means the same as Guillaume (william) in French.
It has nothing to do with Rome. His name was picked by God.
2007-03-18 14:11:42 · answer #5 · answered by Cheryl Durham, Ph.D. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Or it could be that Greek tends to put 's' at the end of personal names.
This is like trying to draw a connection between the Japanese and the Portuguese because they both end in 'ese'.
2007-03-18 14:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why Paul chose it for his fairy tale/religion, the same way L Ron Hubbard chose sci fi as his realm for making up a religion...
2007-03-18 14:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Altering the ending allowed it to follow the rules of Greek grammar.
2007-03-18 14:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeshua means salvation. Its hebrew. Jesus is latin for the same. So its just a language thing.
2007-03-18 14:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by 我比你聪明 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yashua was his name in hebrew
2007-03-18 15:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by =reminisce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋