Relating to the name of Y'shua, Jesus of Nazereth, also called the Christ.
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Is 'Jesus' an example of an error in the bible? [closed]
If "Yeshua ben Yosef" or "Yeshua ber Yosef" or "Yeshua" or even "Yahushua" is the real name of "Jesus", does that imply that the bible has errors? How do orthodox Christians address this?
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Does Jesus have a last name?
I heard "Christ" isn't the last name He got from His parents. Is that true? Does He have a last name?
If He does not have a last name, then how does that work? If that wasn't His last name, and there ...
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What did people call and pronounce Jesus in Jesus' time [duplicate]
I see that the letter 'J' cant be pronounced in Hebrew or its parent Aramaic, Hence I wanted to know how was Jesus called by people in those days of Jesus.
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Why is “JESUS” in white on green? [closed]
For the past several years, in the United States, I've seen many lawn signs and bumper stickers consisting of nothing more than the word "JESUS" (in capital letters). Invariably, the word is written ...
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When was the first occurrence of Jesus being used as a name?
I would suspect that Jesus himself was the first to have the name "Jesus", but was there anyone before him with the same name? In other words, was the name completely unique when the Angel Gabriel ...
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Why was Yeshoua interpreted as Jesus in the new Testament
Inspired by What is the significance of the name "Jesus"?, and previous readings about the name, the interpretation of Yeshoua means Joshua in the old testament and Jesus in the new ...
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Why is Jesus' name pronounced differently in each language? [duplicate]
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Why do biblical names vary in different languages?
We call him Jesus in English. But in the Tamil language, the word Jesus is pronounced as "Eeasu". I wonder why such ...
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Has the name “Jesus” ever been used for naming Jewish children since the Savior's incarnation?
I mean we still have a lot of men named Mohamed in the Muslim community. Is it the same with the name "Jesus" in the Jewish community? Do we have any evidence of Jewish men named Jesus that have lived ...
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Should “Jesus” be rendered “Yeshu‘a” in English?
The original name for Jesus in Hebrew-Aramaic is yeshu‘a. This was translated into Greek as Iēsous and then via the Latin Iesus into German, and eventually into English as Jesus.
Since Christians ...
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What does it mean to pray in Jesus' Name?
A few times in the book of John, Jesus instructs us to pray "in His Name". What does this mean? How do we know if we are praying in His name? How would we not be praying in His name?
I don't ...
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Why does Jesus speak of himself in the third person?
There are a number of places where Jesus refers to himself in the third person. The most common is when he uses the title 'Son of Man' (by my count, there are some 78 times Jesus uses that title in ...
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When did the pronunciation of “Jesus” change?
When did the pronunciation of Jesus change from Yeh-sus to Gee-zus? Why did the name change? How? Where?
Update: how did the name pronunciation change? Wouldn't there be people to correct ...
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What does it mean that Jesus was the “second Adam”?
I often hear Jesus referred to as the "second Adam" or sometimes as the "last Adam". What meaning does this title carry? Does it mean that things didn't work out so well for Adam and so God had to try ...
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Into whose name should Christians be baptised?
Jesus said, "...go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
However, the early church apparently baptised in the name of ...
