Question about Easter

YahwehisHisname said:

Rdr Iakovos said:

Hi parents likely spoke Aramaic- not sure on Jesus' name in Aramaic.

Iesou in Greek is pronounced today ee aa soo, emphasis on the middle syllable. The pronunciation in ancient times is a matter of speculation. But Jesus, as we say it, or hay soos as the Spanish say it, both are reasonable approximations.

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Excuse me, but that is lunacy. Luke wrote: “And IY (Iota Epsilon – representing Yahshua’s Divine name)…”
(Luke 4:14)

Neither Luke or anyone else ever wrote “Jesus” or “Iesous” because that is not what Yahweh inspired.
One hundred percent of the earliest manuscripts we have discovered, use two or three Greek capital letters with a horizontal line over them, as a placeholder for Yahshua’s name. In the oldest copy we have of Luke, you will find: IY. This bears little resemblance to Yahshua’s actual name or its weak Greek (Iesous) and wholly errant English (Jesus) transliteration.
Rendered by the name of the Greek letters, Yahshua was represented by two or three of the following: “Iota Eta Sigma Omicron Epsilon and then either Sigma, Epsilon, or Ne, depending upon the name’s use in the sentence. In letter equivalents, the two or three capital letters used as placeholders in all of the early manuscripts were comprised of: I-H-S-O-Y and then either S, Y, or N. Phonetically, these letters, had they actually been written out, would have comprised the following sounds: i-ee-s-o-ee- then either s, ee, or n, therefore i-ee-s-o-ee-s, i-ee-s-o-ee-ee, or i-ee-s-o-ee-n. As you can see, these don’t even approximate Yahshua, which is probably why they weren’t ever written out. It is God’s name, after all. The first people to follow the Way and trust Yahshua had no interest in butchering the name of the Spirit who redeemed them.
Post Constantine and the birth of the Roman Catholic Church, things changed. The original author’s nomenclature was ignored and priests replaced their IS, HIS, IY, IHY, IN, or IHN with Iesous, Iesoue, or Iesoun. These were entirely manmade creations. No variation of these names appear in any of the 70 Greek Renewed Covenant manuscripts dating between 60 CE and 299 CE. Not one, not ever. Without a basis for Iesous, there is no basis for Jesus. Yahweh did not inspire the use of Iesous, Iesoue, Iesoun, or Jesus. Man did. These are not the Savior’s names. Yahshua is.

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YahwehisHisname said:

I agree. So instead of assuming what Easter is a celebration of, why don't we research it and eliminate opinion. I does have a history and there is also a story of how it came into the church. If you want to know, the seed has been planted. I agree with much of your post, Becky. The difference is clear to Him. If someone has been misled, they are much better off then the one doing the misleading, if you know what I mean. Their fate is outlined with clarity.

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Oblio said:

Irony != Error

But since you asked, you seem to be some variant of a Sacred Namer with tendencies towards phyletelism. The first is a cult, the second a heresy.

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icbeckyc said:

I guess my point is I am not assuming. I know that I am going to celebrate Easter. I have tried to use this time of Lent to focus and ready myself and my family to celebrate what Jesus did for us. Then on Maudy Thursday my church will particpate in a Sedar dinner and our Pastor will discuss what we as Christians can gain from this meal and remembering that it was the last meal Jesus had with his disciples. Then Easter will be the day to truely realize what I have been doing during this season and why I did it. To remember that God sent his only son to die on a cross for my sins. Also on this special day my daughter and 8 other youth from our church will profess their faith and be confirmed into the church. That is what I believe Easter to be. Now I am sure there are plenty of people out there that will corrupt it, they will take only the parts of it they enjoy the eggs and the bunnies and forget they are to be used as symbols of our new beginning in Christ.

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Rdr Iakovos said:

Greek capital letters with the solid line over it were and are used in abbreviations as Oblio pointed out- you can see these today in iconography such as IC XC for Iesou Christos.

Can you show me where placeholders were used in any other place in scripture other than the devine names that were listed earlier? Just one.

I asked you before for source and citations for the claims you've made, and I await those.

Yahweh’s Scriptures, Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew and Greek Lexicons and Dictionaries, Interlinears of the OT and NT, and scholastic linguistic studies. If this doesn't answer you question, you'll have to list the specific claim I made so I know what to address.

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Iollain said:

I can understand how the chick and egg symbolize new life in Christ, but i can't understand how the darn rabbits got to be........we had rabbits here for the kids once they are the worst pet anyone could own, they chew wood and make more mess than 50 cats.

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YahwehisHisname said:

There are about a thousand sources that confirm most of what is in the book.

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YahwehisHisname said:

Rdr Iakovos said:

Greek capital letters with the solid line over it were and are used in abbreviations as Oblio pointed out- you can see these today in iconography such as IC XC for Iesou Christos.

Can you show me where placeholders were used in any other place in scripture other than the devine names that were listed earlier? Just one.

I asked you before for source and citations for the claims you've made, and I await those.

Yahweh’s Scriptures, Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew and Greek Lexicons and Dictionaries, Interlinears of the OT and NT, and scholastic linguistic studies. If this doesn't answer you question, you'll have to list the specific claim I made so I know what to address.

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Hello: This no answer at all. When I asked for source and citation, I asked for specifics, if you'd be so kind. It's not good etiquette to send me looking for your proofs.

Specifically, the claim that IY with the line over the top was written thus out of reverence for either the Hebrew name y hah shua, or in disregard for the transliteration Iesous.

Some kind of documentation, any at all, for the claims made in the article you pasted

Specifically, this claim

And IY

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(Iota Epsilon – representing Yahshua’s Divine name)…”

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(Luke 4:14)

Neither Luke or anyone else ever wrote “Jesus” or “Iesous” because that is not what Yahweh inspired.

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Thanks
James

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Oblio said:

Irony != Error

But since you asked, you seem to be some variant of a Sacred Namer with tendencies towards phyletelism. The first is a cult, the second a heresy.

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Iollain said:

i don't like rabbits

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Oblio said:

ROTFLMAO !!

Or however I say that in Hebrewski

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KEPLER said:

***chuckling***

Why am I suddenly thinking of William Faulkner?

Kepler

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Rdr Iakovos said:

Amen, and may God bless your confirmands. May they always persevere in the face of adversity, and be birght lights shining in a dark world.
James

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icbeckyc said:

Thank you. Our church is very proud of our confirmands. They have worked very hard and really good kids!

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Iollain said:

i don't know, he doesn't like rabbits?

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