Jehovah witness,if god's name is Jehovah,why is it that it was never occured even once in the New Testament?

Answer 1

First, It is highly unlikely that Christ would have refrained from speaking God's name, especially since his own name, JESUS, meant "JEHOVAH is Salvation."
(Think about how many times that occurs in the NT... 952x.)

Perhaps you are unaware that "Jah" is short for Jehovah, & that the word "Hallelujah" means "Praise Jehovah". Hallelujah DOES occur in the New Testament. But why does God's name not appear in its whole form in the NTs that we see around?

Oh, it was there, all right, in the originals ... everything points to that. Even the Greek Septuagint that was then in existence contained God's name, & that is what the majority of New Testament writers quoted from. Also, Matthew wrote in Hebrew, & quoted from the OT Hebrew Scriptures, which contained God's name. The others quoted from the Greek Septuagint.

Significantly, VERY OLD FRAGMENTS of the Septuagint Version which actually were IN EXISTENCE IN JESUS' DAY HAVE SURVIVED down to our day, IN WHICH the personal NAME OF GOD APPEARED.<

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (Volume 2, page 512) says:

"Recent textual discoveries cast doubt on the idea that the compilers of the LXX [Septuagint] translated the tetragrammaton YHWH by kyrios [Lord]. The oldest LXX MSS (fragments) now available to us have the tetragrammaton written in Heb[rew] characters in the G[ree]k text. This custom was retained by later Jewish translators of the O[ld] T[estament] in the first centuries A.D." Therefore, whichever language Jesus & his disciples read the Scriptures --Hebrew or Greek-- they came across the divine name.
Also consider that when Jesus taught his followers to pray, the FIRST thing he covered was regarding his followers desire for God's NAME to be sanctified...

“YOU must pray, then, this way:
“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified..."
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2004/9/15/article_02.htm

Professor George Howard, of the University of Georgia, U.S.A., commented:

"When the Septuagint --which the New Testament church used and quoted-- contained the Hebrew form of the divine name, the New Testament writers no doubt included the Tetragrammaton in their quotations." (Biblical Archaeology Review, March 1978, page 14)

With what authority would they have done otherwise?

God's Name and the "New Testament"
> The Name Was There
> The Removal of the Name < see also <
- The Need for the Name
- Should the Name Be Restored?
- Opposition to the Name
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Answer 2

In many other languages Jehovah is more frequently translated Jehovah.
The "New Testament" and Old Testament" material has been so homogenized and pasteurized by less than well meaning English translators that in some places it is unrecognizable from original manuscripts.

Answer 3

Jehovah” is the best known English pronunciation of the divine name, although “Yahweh” is favored by most Hebrew scholars. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton (from Greek "tetra", meaning “four,” and "gramma", “letter”). These four letters (written from right to left) are הוהי and may be transliterated into English as YHWH (or, JHVH).

God's name is found in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) about 6,973 times and in the Greek Scriptures about (New Testament) 237 times.


"You should prove yourselves holy, because I JEHOVAH your God am holy." -- Leviticus 19:2


"When he would not be dissuaded, we acquiesced with the words: “Let the will of JEHOVAH take place.” -- Acts 21:14

"... Holy, holy, holy is JEHOVAH God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming." -- Revelation 4:8

"For you yourselves know quite well that JEHOVAH’s day is coming exactly as a thief in the night." -- 1 Thessalonians 5:2

"Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘It is JEHOVAH your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service." -- Matthew 4:10


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Answer 4

Because humans removed it!
Check up encyclopedias and dictionaries - they will say it is gods name!

King James version - Ps 83v18 "that people may know hes who name is Jehovah he alone is most high all over the earth"

And yes it is Yahweh - that's the Hebrew translated is Jehovah - (as is Jah which is where Hallelujah comes from - also interestingly listen Mr Bean theme of the choir - they are singing "hallelujah praise Jehovah")

Answer 5

Rev 19:1,,3,4, 6 Hallelujah (ASV, KJV, etc)
Strong's Greek Dictionary: 00239:
239 allelouia al-lay-loo'-ee-ah of Hebrew origin (imperative of 1984 and 3050); praise ye Jah!, an adoring exclamation:--alleluiah. see HEBREW for 01984 see HEBREW for 03050

Webster's Dictionary: JAH:

Jah /Jah/ (jä), n. [Heb. yah.] Jehovah. Ps. lxviii. 4.

See also this Hebrew Scholar's HP http://gertoux.online.fr/divinename/

1After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his (1) servants at her hand.(1) Gr bondservants ) 3And a second time they (1) say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up (2) for ever and ever.(1) Gr have said 2) Gr unto the ages of the ages ) 4And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
5And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his (1) servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.(1) Gr bondservants ) 6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.

Answer 6

Why don't you ask whoever built the churches in Europe during the Middle Ages, pick-a-thon-wanna-be?

Answer 7

At Revelation 19:1-6, nearly every edition of the so-called "New Testament" includes "Jah", the shortened form of the Divine Name "Jehovah". Some bibles refuse to translate these expressions correctly as "Praise Jah", leaving the untranslated "Hallelu-jah" or "Hallelujah" without its obvious connection to "Jah Jehovah".

(Isaiah 12:2) Jah Jehovah is my strength and my might

(Isaiah 26:4) Trust in Jehovah, you people, for all times, for in Jah Jehovah is the Rock of times indefinite.


Like the prophets Isaiah and Moses (e.g. Ps 83:18), Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus, the apostles, and the other Christian bible writers must have used the divine name in their speech and in their writings. Sadly, the original Greek manuscripts of the Christian Greek Scriptures (the so-called "New Testament") have never been found.

(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them

(Matthew 6:8,9) God your Father knows what things you are needing before ever you ask him. 9 “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.


Think about it: Jesus and his apostles must have been extraordinarily familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures (the "Old Testament"), and the evidence is that they frequently quoted from these writings. The Hebrew Scriptures use the divine name SEVEN THOUSAND TIMES; would Jesus and his apostles have skipped over "Yahweh" or "Jehovah" when it appeared in the text they were quoting?

Perhaps the most revealing passage is to note the way that Luke 4:18,19 quotes from Isaiah 61:1,2. Scholars universally concede that the passage in Isaiah uses the divine Name and even repeats that Name; Jesus and his audience all understood Hebrew and the scroll was almost certainly in Hebrew (although that is immaterial). Clearly, when Jesus actually read the Isaiah passage he would hardly have replaced his Father's personal name with a generic term (such as the corrupters of Luke's Gospel have done).

(Luke 4:16-21) [Jesus] entered into the synagogue, and he stood up to read. 17 So the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed him, and he opened the scroll and found the place where it was written: 18 “Jehovah’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor, he sent me forth to preach a release to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away with a release, 19 to preach Jehovah’s acceptable year.” 20 With that he rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were intently fixed upon him. 21 Then he started to say to them: “Today this scripture that you just heard is fulfilled.”

(Isaiah 61:1,2) The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening of the eyes even to the prisoners; 2 to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah


As in Luke chapter 4, the New World Translation is quite careful to ONLY render the divine name when a verse or phrase in the Christian Greek (NT) Scriptures seems to quote or refer to a Hebrew (OT) Scripture with the divine Name. That is why the OT has almost 7000 occurrences of "Jehovah" while the NT has less than 300.

An additional example is the way the Apostle Paul at Romans 10:13 quotes Joel 2:32.

(Romans 10:13) For “everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved"

(Joel 2:32) And it must occur that everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will get away safe (see also Zeph 3:9)


Essentially, the New World Bible Translation Committee believed that it is preferable to err (if that is what they did) on the side of magnifying the divine name, rather than share in perpetuating a superstition that hides it.

The name "Jehovah" is an English translation of the Hebrew name pronounced as or similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah"; the exact original pronunciation is unknown. The four Hebrew characters corresponding to the letters "YHWH" are well-recognized as the biblical personal name of Almighty God, and are universally designated as "the Tetragrammaton" or "the Tetragram".

For centuries, most Jews have superstitiously refrained from pronouncing aloud any form of the divine Name. They base that superstition on the third of the Ten Commandments given to Moses:
(Exodus 20:7) You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way
http://watchtower.org/e/bible/ex/chapter_020.htm?bk=Ex;chp=20;vs=7;citation#bk7

Over the centuries, that Jewish superstition has expanded to also forbid writing or engraving any form of "YHWH", even when simply copying from one of the nearly 7000 occurrences in the Hebrew Scriptures. In recent centuries, some superstitious Jews have even forbade unabbreviated EUPHEMISMS for "YHWH"; capitalized terms such as "Tetragrammaton" and (amazingly) even "the Name" are forbidden by such superstitions, and they even insist that "God" must be written as "G~d".

Naturally, the religious and superstitious practices of a person are between him and his Creator. However, in recent decades these superstitious Jews have worked to impose their superstitious sensibilities beyond their religious communities, and onto the entire populace. Thus, although "YHWH' is unanimously recognized as the personal name of God, few today use any form of it in their writings and conversation.

Interestingly, Christendom has largely joined with superstitious Jews in suppressing the use of "Yahweh" and "Jehovah". However, it seems that Christendom's anti-YHWH bias largely devolves from their hatred of Jehovah's Witnesses, the religion almost single-handedly responsible for the growing public recognition that the Almighty God of Judaism and Christianity actually does have a personal name.

It seems that too many are more interested in coddling superstition than in allowing intellectual honesty and respect for the Almighty.

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Answer 8

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/11/robertson_says.html

Answer 9

Lies,

G0dz name is Yehevv

Answer 10

They will add it if not already done