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Jesus is called Yeshua in the untranslated text. Why is the name, Yeshua translated to Jesus in the english bible? In the chinese bible, Jesus is still called Yeshua. In fact, almost every translated bibles except the english ones, called Jesus, Yeshua.
Why is Jesus called Jesus in the english bible and not Yeshua. Anyone can explain why?
 
I don't know if this will help but a did a little inquiry into the the name Jesus. The reason for the Hebrew name yeshua is because it is a contraction or if you like a abbreviation of the name for Joshua, meaning "help of Jehovah". It is indeed very interesting, you look up the name Joshua in the Greek Septuagint ( the Greek translation of the Old Testament) you see the Greek equivalent for the name Jesus. I don't know why this is. But I looked it up and that is what I found. I guess the name Jesus and Jacob is possibly on the American of William and Bill, or whatever/.
 
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Jesus is the english translation of Yesheua, just as Jehova is the European translation for Yahweh. Actually Jehova is based on a mistaken pronounciation of the original Yahweh. Translators actually thought Jehova was the correct spelling and pronouciation only to discover later it was Yahweh.
 
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>>Why is the name, Yeshua translated to Jesus in the english bible?

Jesus is the name given to him as the son of man. Actually it is the Greek translation of Joshua. Christ is His name or title to denote His divinity as the Son of God.

If you look at the shaddows and types of the Old Testament. Moses a type of the Father brought the people out of bondage and into the wilderness. Then it was Joshua a type of Jesus, and Cabeb a type of the Holy Spirit that brings the Children out of the wilderness and into the promised land.

So Jesus is the Greek word for Joshua. I have two sons, and I named them Daniel and David. It is common for Christians to give their children Bible names. It looks like Joseph & Mary gave their son a Bible name. Only they used the Greek version of it, rather than the Hebrew version. My name is John, in Spanish it would be Juan. Mary in Greek would be Maria. Thanks, JohnR7
 
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Praise God in the highest.

Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
 
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1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Rev 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
 
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Can you imagine though not being allowed into heaven because us English speakers called on the wrong name for our salvation despite meaning to address the Son of God?
I think thankfully God accepts who 'Jesus' is in the English language and accepts it as another name for his Son!
After all God wouldn't be THAT picky would he?!
I am not worried about it anyway, but an interesting thought nonetheless- never knew about this! Well you learn something every day!
 
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The SACRED NAME

YHVH

The mystery attached to the Name of the Almighty, is related to
the verb ‘to be' ( I am, I was, I will be) which is the Hebrew
verb ‘Hoveh’ (the ‘v’ pronounced as in ‘victory’), meaning “to
be”, in the present tense. YHVH therefore, means: “YAH Hoveh”,
which means “YAH is ...” (YAH being His abbreviated (actual )
name as reflected in Psalm 68:4 in some translations.

It is therefore quite possible that the correct rendering of the
SH'MAH (the Greatest Commandment - Deut 6:4) should
therefore read:

SHMAA YISRAEL, YAH HOVEH ELOHEINU, YAH HOVEH ECHAD
HEAR ISRAEL YAH IS OUR GOD YAH IS ONE

In modern Hebrew grammar this matter is so serious and
important, that the verb ‘to be’ (‘I am’) is not used in the present
tense at all! An Israeli will therefore state in Hebrew: “I
teacher ... I clever”, omitting the verb 'to be' (I am) in the present
tense. Usage of the Hebrew verb ‘HOVEH’ (I am) would imply
referring to oneself as being the Almighty! This gives reason for
serious contemplation. The Almighty “is” everything good,
without question. The human being, being exactly the opposite,
is so easily inclined to self exaltation and self praise (often hidden
under a false pretense of humility, love, care, etc.). The use of "I"
and "I am" in the vocabulary of the proud and arrogant individual
is a popular practice. The indwelling Spirit of the Almighty in the
heart and soul of the believer, changes this selfish, haughty,
deceiving attitude to an attitude of genuine humility, recreated in
His Image, as the Almighty requires of us to possess. Volumes
could be written on this subject.
 
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YESHUA


YAHU'SHUAH- The original Hebrew or Jewish Name of the
professing Jewish Messiah, who was accepted as such by a
certain section (some 3000 souls) of Israel, at and after His
Appearance in Israel, some 2000 years ago. To them He was
known as YAHU'SHUAH (abbreviated: Y'SHUAH, also pronounced
YEHOSHUA or YESHUA). In time, over the first few centuries after
Messiah, His Name was gradually changed to "Je-Zeus Khristos"
by the pagan masses who converted and joined the originally
Jewish Messianic Sect. Out of this, Christianity was born, which
was a mixture of originally pure Judaism, and gradually,
progressive influences of pagan customs and traditions, together
with a growing tide of an anti-Semitic spirit. This was greatly due
to the instigation of influential leaders like Constantine the Great,
who was a Zeus worshipper, and who purportedly converted to
Christianity. It was also a natural process as a result of the
infiltration of followers of the sungod, Zeus, into the Christian
ranks. Even the name of their pagan idol 'Zeus' was applied to
their new-found Jewish Messiah - and Y'Shuah (the abbreviated
transliteration of YAHU'SHUAH), became "Y'Zeus" or Je-Zeus -
which became 'Jesus' in English (NOTE - the middle 's' is
pronounced as a 'z').
In other languages, it took on various
other forms.

A similar pagan influenced name-shift has been retained to this
day in the KJV translation of Luke 4:27, where it refers to the
prophet "Eliseus' and an event recorded in 2 Kings 5:14
(according even to the KJV reference version). This prophet's
Hebrew name, however, was 'Eli'Shuah', which means "God is my
Salvation" (as Y'SHUAH means "YAH is Salvation" or "YAH the
Saviour"). Exactly the same as the pagan influence changed
Y'SHUAH to "Y'Zeus" - ('Jesus' - phonetically 'Jezus'), so also Luke
4:27 reflects the change of "Eli'Shuah" to "Eli'Zeus' ("My God is
Zeus")! Youngs Bible Concordance in its reference to the
name 'Eliseus', states: "The form in which the name of Elisha
appears in the common version of the New Testament and the
Apocrypha in Luke 4:27".

The Hebrew form of the Name YAHU'SHUAH (or Y'SHUAH) is often
used in the Tanach (Old Testament) as well as in the official
Jewish daily and festival Prayer Books, where it is generally
translated as "Salvation".

YAHU'SHUAH = YAHU- SHOE- A (the final ‘A’ as in ‘arm’).
'YA' as in 'yard'
 
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Camaro that is interesting. I have heard some of that before. This I found in the ISBE
JESUS CHRIST, PART I.

1. The Names.--1. JESUS:-- (1) "Jesus" (Iesous) is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Joshua" (yehoshua`), meaning "Yahweh is salvation." It stands therefore in the Septuagint and Apocrypha for "Joshua," and in <Acts 7:45> and <Heb 4:8> likewise represents the Old Testament Joshua; hence, in the Revised Version (British and American) is in these passages rendered "Joshua." In <Mt 1:21> the name as commanded by the angel to be given to the son of Mary, "for it is he that shall save his people from their sins" (see below on "Nativity"). It is the personal name of the Lord in the Gospels and the Acts, but generally in the Epistles appears in combination with "Christ" or other appellative (alone in <Rom 3:26; 4:24; 1 Cor 12:3; 2 Cor 11:4; Phil 2:10; 1 Thes 4:14; Heb 7:22; 10:19>, etc.).
(from International Standard Bible Encylopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright (C) 1996 by Biblesoft)

BTW what kind of Camaro do you have? I have a 69 chevelle SS 396
 
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Hey beloved people,
We have been shown how paganism has corrupted even the name of our saviour with the name of a false god - praise God for this alert that comes to us.....it should waken us up to the insidious influence of paganism in traditions that are throughout 'christianity'.... we should PROVE EVERYTHING as the epistle urges us to do. [1 thess 5:21]
Many thanks everyone, stay sharp! watch and pray.
 
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As I understand it, all actions by God in Hebrew scripture are in the 'aorist ' tense,so the name YHWH translates more as:-

I am and was and will be that which I am and was and will be

a powerful staement of the eternal changelessness of God.
 
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