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By Yeshua.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does the name \u2018Yeshua\u2019 come from? Don\u2019t most people call him \u2018Jesus\u2019? The name Yeshua<\/strong> is a shortened version of the name Yehoshua or Joshua and is the literal Hebrew word for Salvation<\/strong>.  Around the time of Jesus\u2019 birth the names \u2018Yeshu\u2019 and \u2018Yeshua\u2019 were not uncommon. Reading right to left, the Hebrew letters which spell Yeshua are:  Yod, Shin, Vav, Ayin. According to scholarship Aramaic was used in everyday language, but Hebrew remained the holy language and was used in daily prayer and worship.  The two languages were as similar to each other as Italian is to Spanish, and both used the same alphabet.  The name Yeshua transliterated into Aramaic became Yeshu, dropping the final \u201ca\u201d and pronouncing it \u201cYeh-shoo.\u201d The name \u2018Jesus\u2019 did not exist at this time, as it was later derived as a transliteration from the Greek IESOUS.  In fact, the letter \u2018J\u2019 was not added to the English alphabet until the 14th century. Note that around 1600 A.D> Protestant Bible translators started to transcribe \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9 in the Old Testament into English as “Jeshua”, but kept transcribing \u0399\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 in the New Testament into English as “Jesus”, obscuring the connection between the equivalent Greek and Hebrew versions of the same name. The name Jesus is a transliteration of the Greek name Iesous which is a transliteration of the name Yeshua.  Translation and transliteration are not the same thing.  Translation involves the conversion of a word in one language to a word in another language with equivalent meaning. For example, the English word \u2018Cross\u2019 translates into the Latin word \u2018Crux\u2019 from which the word \u2018Crucified\u2019 is derived. Transliteration involves finding the equivalent letters used in a word from the alphabet of one language into the alphabet of another language. An example is the Greek word \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03bd is the noun for a paper book or scroll and is transliterated into English as Biblion from which we have derived the word \u2018Bible\u2019. All occurrences of Yeshua<\/em>  as a name in the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh are in I Chron.<\/a> 24:11, II Chron. 31:15<\/a><\/a>, Ezra<\/a> 2:1, and Nehemiah<\/a> 7:7 where it is transliterated into English as Jeshua<\/a>. There are even more instances of the word Yeshua being used which are translated as \u2018salvation\u2019. In the Brit Hadasha, or New Testament, the first instance of the name of the Messiah is found in the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke: In Luke 1:26-39<\/a><\/a> the angel Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth to bring news to a virgin named Mary. \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.\u201d Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.  <\/strong>But the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.  You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus<\/strong>.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, <\/strong>and he will reign over Jacob\u2019s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.\u201d In Matthew 21 we read, \u201cJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.  And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus<\/strong>, for He will save His people from their sins.\u201d (NKJV) \u201cShe will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua\u2026because he will save His people from their sins.\u201d  (Jewish New Testament) Jesus is a Jew.  He is a direct descendant of King David through both his mother\u2019s lineage and his adoptive father Joseph\u2019s lineage.  When Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue he read in Hebrew, not Greek or Aramaic.  So we know that he was \u2018schooled\u2019 in Hebrew, which is almost absurd because we\u2019re talking about God in the flesh, the Living Word, who is the Creator of all things including language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name\u00a0Yeshua<\/em>\u00a0is found in letters from the time of the\u00a0Bar Kokhba Revolt\u00a0(132-135 AD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua the son of Nun is called both Yeshua bin-Nun (Nehemiah 8:17<\/a><\/a>) and Yehoshua (I Chronicles 7:27<\/a><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archeologist\u00a0Amos Kloner<\/a>\u00a0stated that the name Yeshua\u00a0had been found 71 times in burial caves from the Second Temple period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Old\u00a0Syriac<\/a>\u00a0Bible (c. 200 AD) and the\u00a0Peshitta<\/a>\u00a0 (which is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition) both use the shortened version Yeshu in equivalent Arabic letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References to\u00a0Jesus in the Talmud<\/a> are rendered\u00a0as Yeshu<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  The Bible doesn’t give instruction to favor one language or translation over another. We are not commanded to call upon the name of the Lord in Hebrew only. Acts 2:21<\/a><\/a> says, “But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” God knows who calls upon His name, whether they do so in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew or any other language. He is still the same Lord and Savior. Below is a list of how the name Jesus is pronounced in other languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Arabic = Issa<\/li>
  2. Chinese (Catonese) = YeshSou<\/li>
  3. Chinese (Han) =\u8036\u7a23 = Ye Su Ay Wo<\/li>
  4. Dutch = Jezus<\/li>
  5. French = J\u00e9sus<\/li>
  6. German = Jesus<\/li>
  7. Hebrew = Yeshua<\/li>
  8. Hindi = y\u012b\u015bu<\/li>
  9. Italian = Gesu<\/li>
  10. Japanese =\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8 = Iesu kirisuto<\/li>
  11. Korean = \uc608\uc218  = Yesu<\/li>
  12. Portuguese =  Jyesus<\/li>
  13. Russian = \u0418\u0438\u0441\u0443\u0441<\/li>
  14. Spanish = Jesus<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In calling Him Yeshua we are restoring to Him His Jewish identity<\/strong>. Yeshua was and is the name He was called when He walked on this Earth. Greek masculine names have a nominative \u201cs\u201d ending.  Therefore, the final Greek form became Iesous which in return became the Latin IESVS which was finally translated into English as Jesus.  So what we end up with in \u201cEnglish\u201d is a fifth-hand transliteration of the original name Yeshua. Regardless of which name is used, Yeshua (Jesus) hears the prayers of those who pray from their heart and who truly seek Him, He is the same yesterday, today and forever and just like his Father, He has several names and titles. Other names and titles by which Yeshua is known are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Emmanuel which means \u2018God is with us\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Christ\u2019 which is derived from the Greek word \u2018Christos\u2019 which means \u2018Anointed One\u2019 or Messiah, which is Mashiach or Moshiach in Hebrew.\u00a0 So \u2018Yeshua Mashiach\u2019 and \u00a0\u2018Jesus Christ\u2019 are one and the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2018The Word\u2019, \u2018The Living Word\u2019, \u2018The Word of Life\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Son of God\u2019 is used in a Heavenly context.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Son of Man\u2019 is used in a Jewish context.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Lamb of God\u2019 representing the ultimate, final, perfect sacrifice of Yeshua laying down His life for the sins or the world, that whoever should believe would not perish, but have everlasting life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018New Man\u2019 , \u2018Second Adam\u2019 or \u2018Last Adam\u2019.\u00a0 The name \u2018Adam\u2019 in Hebrew means man. Yeshua was raised from the dead as a new, \u00a0immortal, incorruptible man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Light of the World\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018Bread of Life\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018King of the Jews\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rabbi or Rabboni, which means teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Savior<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018I AM\u2019 , which is the name God attributed to Himself in Exodus 3:14<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And the \u2018High Priest\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      See: \u2018Precepts of the Blessed Hope\u2019 by Don Mills   ISBN-13: 9781606964149 at  www.barnesandnoble.com<\/a> \u2018The Names of God\u2019 by Nathan Stone, ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0802458568 at www.amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Yeshua.org Where does the name \u2018Yeshua\u2019 come from? Don\u2019t most people call him \u2018Jesus\u2019? The name Yeshua is a shortened version of the name Yehoshua or Joshua and is the literal Hebrew word for Salvation.  Around the time of Jesus\u2019 birth the names \u2018Yeshu\u2019 and \u2018Yeshua\u2019 were not uncommon. Reading right to left, the … <\/p>\n

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