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... and of these it seems good to me now to speak of another, for it conduces to your hereby knowing Jesus, whom we also know to have been Christ the Son of God, who was crucified, and rose again, and ascended to heaven, and will come again to judge all men, even up to Adam himself. You are aware, then,” I continued, “that when the ark of the testimony was seized by the enemies of Ashdod,24642464 See 1 Sam. v. and a terrible and incurable malady had broken out among them, they resolved to place it on a cart to which they yoked cows that had recently calved, for the purpose of ascertaining by trial whether or not they had been plagued by God’s power on account of the ark, and if God wished it to be taken back to the place from which it had been carried away. And when they had done this, the cows, led by no man, went not to the place whence the ark had been taken, but to the fields of a certain man whose name was Oshea, the same as his whose name was altered to Jesus (Joshua), as has been previously mentioned, who also led the people into the land and meted it out to them: and when the cows had come into these fields they remained there, showing to you thereby that they were guided by the name of power;24652465 Or, “by the power of the name.” [1 Sam. vi. 14. Joshua in English version.] just as formerly the people who survived of those that came out of Egypt, were guided into the land by him who had received the name Jesus (Joshua), who before was called Oshea.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.viii.iv.cxxxii.html
Sorry to be dense, but I don't understand what you're saying.
Angels told both Mary and Joseph that they were going to have a child, who would have the throne of David and save people from their sins. They were told what to call this child, and in our Bibles, that name is Jesus.
He was the Messiah, the Christ, died for our sins and saved us - pronounce his name, Yeshua, Joshua or whatever, it's the same person.
A person is saved if they believe in, and accept, him; not if they pronounce his name correctly.
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