Where does the name Jesus come from?

Answer 1

It is the English spelling of a german version of a Latin translation of a Greek version of the Hebrew name "Yeshua".

It is based on the Hebrew name "Yeshua", which is often translated directly into English as "Joshua". There are several people with that name in the Old Testament of the Bible.

The New Testament is written in Greek, so the Greek version of the same name "Iēsous" is used there.

But the 4th century, the Greek of the New Testament was becoming a dying language. So the Bible was translated in Latin (a version called the Vulgate). There the name was spelled "Iesus" or "Yesus" as the letter "J" was not yet invented.

With the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s, the Bible would be translated into German. Shortly after that in 1611, an English translation often referred to as the "King James: Bible would appear. In its original printing, the name was spelled "Iesus". (The letter "J" was still not in common usage.)

The King James would receive an "upgrade" in the 1790s, where the spelling and punctuation would be updated to what was in use at the time (200 years after the original printing). It is there the "J" is used, giving us the English spelling "Jesus" for the name.

The original meaning of the name Jesus/Yeshua is "God saves".

Answer 2

Look it up if you think you REALLY want to know. Do some research and see if it fits.

The Savior is Yeshua. Yeshua means Salvation. That "other" name has a very dark beginning, but leave it to those rascally Greeks to put a dark name on the Savior.

This religion is Hebrew, not Greek.

Answer 3

Jesus is the latin translation of Yeshua.
The aramaic translation is Issa.

Bothe Issa and Yeshua were very common names in the days that Jesus walked the earth..!!

Answer 4

Jesus ;Recieved His Name three Ways;
#1 God gave it to Him;
#2 By Inheritance;
#3 By Conquest

Answer 5

Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Of Hebrew origin; Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative): - Adam.

βαριησοῦς
Bariēsous
bar-ee-ay-sooce'
Of Chaldee origin and; son of Jesus (or Joshua); Barjesus, an Israelite: - Barjesus.

Ἰησοῦς
Iēsous
ee-ay-sooce'
Of Hebrew origin; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites: - Jesus.

Χριστός
Christos
khris-tos'
From; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: - Christ.

Answer 6

He was a Jew, and His Hebrew name would have been Yeshuah, or possibly Yehoshuah. He was born into a predominantly Greek speaking world, and His name would have been Iesous in its hellenized form.

So the Anglicized form, or the hellenized form, is Jesus.

I Ethiopia many people could not pronounce my name, so they asked me what it meant. When I told them it meant "Lion-Heart," they translated that into their language, and began calling me "Anbessa-Lib."

Both they and I knew who they were talking about, and I hardly think I am smarter than the Lord of the universe! So when you call Him by the name your country has for Him, I'm sure He understands you.

Answer 7

"Jesus" is the Greek form of the name "Joshua." It first appeared in Greek translations of the Old Testament, c. 3rd century BC. It was also the name of the Apocryphal book "Jesus of Sirach," which is usually shortened to "Sirach" or "Ecclesiasticus."

Answer 8

The name "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek Ίησους (Iēsous), itself a Hellenization of the Hebrew יהושע (Yehoshua) or Hebrew-Aramaic ישוע (Yeshua), meaning "YHWH rescues".

Answer 9

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Answer 10

One week BC. Mary & Joseph were trying to pick a name for the new baby. Joseph accidently slams the door on his finger and yells out, Jesus Christ! Mary says, "Oh, I like that". Isn't Christianity great? As you can't say such things about Mohammed.