Jesus

[HopeInJesusOnly]

His name is Jesus.

Why are people changing His name? We have a "J" in the English language. So why?

It actually hurts me to see it written differently.

 

[Lost4words]

His name is Jesus.

Why are people changing his name? We have a "J" in the English language. So why?

It actually hurts me to see it written differently.

Changing it how?

 

[HopeInJesusOnly]

I read Yeshua and Yahweh a lot on this forum.

 

[Lost4words]

I read Yeshua and Yahweh a lot on this forum.

Thats fine. Nothing wrong in those words. Its Hebrew.

 

[KateforChrist]

This gives a very good explanation of the spelling in different languages:

If His name was Yeshua, why do we call Him Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

"Yeshua is the Hebrew name, and its English spelling is “Joshua.” Iesous is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name, and its English spelling is “Jesus.” "

 

[KateforChrist]

I haven't had a chance to listen to this but it might be helpful:

 

[HopeInJesusOnly]

I am still confused. I am not saying it's wrong, but we are speaking English. The posts are in English. So it should be Jesus, right?

We don't use the Greek in casual conversation, i.e., Iesous.

 

[HopeInJesusOnly]

I just like hearing the name Jesus!

 

[Not David]

I just like hearing the name Jesus!

They think Hebrew makes it special though there are some radicals who think the English Jesus is unbiblical.

 

[Tigger45]

It doesn’t bother me if English speakers use terms other than Jesus but it dose come off a bit pretentious to me.

 

[Not David]

κύριος Ἰησοῦς
ἀμήν

 

[Rigatoni]

Most of the time I refer to Him as Jesus. Although, sometimes I also refer to Him as Yeshua as well, as a reference to the Hebrew culture. Technically, He has many names: Jesus, Yeshua, Prince of Peace, Yeshua ben Joseph, Christ, etc. As long as you're referencing the Son of God Himself and using an actual given name, then I would think it honors Him no matter which one you use.

 

[hedrick]

If you want normal English, the usual translation of his name would be Joshua.

 

[HopeInJesusOnly]

If you want normal English, the usual translation of his name would be Joshua.

Please just stop. The New Testament was written in Greek. His English name is Jesus.

Please forgive if I offend, but it's the way I feel.

 

[hedrick]

Please just stop. The New Testament was written in Greek. His English name is Jesus.

I am sorry....feels blasphemous to me. Please forgive if I offend, but it's the way I feel.

Right. The Greek name used was the normal Greek translation for his name. When you translate Greek into English, you normally replace Greek words with their English equivalents. That what our English Bibles do for pretty much everyone else's name.

 

[dqhall]

His name is Jesus.

Why are people changing his name? We have a "J" in the English language. So why?

It actually hurts me to see it written differently.

They use his Hebrew name. The English J is a corruption of the Hebrew Y. The English J pronunciation changed since the Bible was first translated to English. The context his name is more important than its pronunciation.

 

[Radagast]

I read Yeshua and Yahweh a lot on this forum.

"Yahweh" is the best guess as to how the ancient Hebrews pronounced the name of God ("Jehovah" is certainly not correct). It's hard to be certain, because it was traditionally written without vowels, and for thousands of years the Jews have been careful to never actually say it.

"Yeshua" comes from a false theory about what Jesus's parents and friends might have called him.

The name that has come down to us in the Bible is in fact Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), which is Jesus in English, as you correctly say.

 

[prodromos]

In the Greek Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, Joshua is written as Ιησούς which is exactly the same as how Jesus is written in the Greek New Testament. Greek Christians have always pronounced them the same.

English Bibles, however have the Old Testament translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text and the New Testament translated from the Greek texts which has resulted in the same name being Joshua in the OT and Jesus in the NT.

 

[Radagast]

English Bibles, however have the Old Testament translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text and the New Testament translated from the Greek texts which has resulted in the same name being Joshua in the OT and Jesus in the NT.

And let's not get started on the fact that, because of changes in pronunciation over time, Jacob, James, and Diego are all the same name too.

 

[prodromos]

And let's not get started on the fact that, because of changes in pronunciation over time, Jacob, James, and Diego are all the same name too.

Pronounced ee-ahkov in Greek!