If His name was Yeshua, why do we call Him Jesus?

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. Thus, the names Joshua and Jesus are essentially the same; both are English pronunciations of the Hebrew and Greek names for the Lord. (For examples of how the two names are interchangeable, see Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8 in the KJV. In both cases, the word Jesus refers to the Old Testament character Joshua.)

In German, our English word book is buch. In Spanish, it becomes a libro; in French, a livre. The language changes, but the object itself does not. In the same way, we can refer to Jesus as Jesus, Yeshua, or YehSou (Cantonese), without changing His nature. In any language, His name means the Lord Is Salvation.

We refer to Him as Jesus because, as English-speaking people, we know of Him through English translations of the Greek New Testament. Scripture does not value one language over another, and it gives no indication that we must resort to Hebrew when addressing the Lord.

The command is to call on the name of the Lord, with the promise that we shall be saved (Acts 2:21; Joel 2:32). Whether we call on Him in English, Korean, Hindi, or Hebrew, the result is the same: the Lord is salvation.

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[techsupportguy101]

You have been deceived. In addition to your research you should have discovered that the letter J was not coined until 1000AD. There is no J sound in the Hebrew, Aramaic, archaic and classical Latin or Greek.

[lgrimeau]

@techsupportguy101 There is no difference if using J, that we talk about the same person, God's Son..in our languages. for an example , a baby cannot say the full english properly, he d say Pa pa... Dada.. we know he talks about his dad...same person..the same thing is with J, we cannot say but it helps us say the better word along with J, God knows when we mention of the name , we talk about Him. God knows our hearts as truly...stop judging people for the letter... just like the baby says....

[Imstressless]

@techsupportguy101 Yes His name does matter.  If my name is Sherry in english it certainly isn't Judy in Spanish. Call me by any other name in the street and I guarantee that I will not answer....keep seeking the truth and you WILL find it....

[lgrimeau]

@Imstressless You miss a point.. In the example, my name is Lisa but in Germany, they call me Lissa, means the same.if in Japan, they d say much different in their own languages , i respect their languages.. dont forget that God made all the nations' languages-MANY! God made them! These languages have the same meanings of the specific things , just different languages. God understands our langauges when we call Him, God knows our truuly hearts that love Him.

[lgrimeau]

@Imstressless You miss a point.. In the example, my name is Lisa but in Germany, they call me Lissa, means the same.if in Japan, they d say much different in their own languages , i respect their languages.. dont forget that God made all the nations' languages-MANY! God made them! These languages have the same meanings of the specific things , just different languages. God understands our langauges when we call Him, God knows our truuly hearts that love Him.

[feetshodvideos]

in the King James Acts 7:45 the truth comes out. The scripture reads: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles... notice Jesus name is mentioned. In all other translations the name is Joshua. Further if you look at the greek "Jesus" and Joshua have the same exact spelling. I believe it is because His name is Yeshua .

[adysaxman77]

Those who cling to 'sacred names' should take time out to read 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs'. For had it not been for those brave saints, then they wouldn't be reading any Bible at all, with the exception of course, of them becoming a Roman Catholic priest and reading the Bible in Latin.

[valleart]

@lgrimeau Not all words have the same meaning in different languages. You obviously don't speak another language. Languages were a result of what happened at the tower of babylon. I can assure you that 'jesus' and 'Yahushuah' DO NOT MEAN the same. If we are so true in our hearts, then we will let go of the dark paganism, and honor and respect the true Son of Elohim. 'jesus' is an extention of zeus, born on dec 25. This is the time to Repent.

[joyinlife100]

so many people love to argue and fight, dont you think satan is getting a kick out of the saviors children among all fighting. I dont think that the lord loves me less for saying his name translated in english, i think that as long as I know whom He is and what He did and why He did for me and everyone is what truely matters,His name is Jesus in english, I dont speak hebrew, so am i to be judged for not speaking hebrew,

[QUICKIRONS]

For a better explanation see Mark Manning at Messengerofthename, its his research but all pans out when checked and part of that comes from the Torah. You really have to use history, a little hebrew and original scriptures old and new. But most obviously what YAHUWAH said about his name and also what his son Yahushua said. Pray to the father in MY NAME! YAHUWAH said that the messiahs name was set apart and made holy and how many Yahushua's do any of you know? Satan can't use the name of Yahushua

[QUICKIRONS]

For a better explanation see Mark Manning at Messengerofthename, its his research but all pans out when checked and part of that comes from the Torah. You really have to use history, a little hebrew and original scriptures old and new. But most obviously what YAHUWAH said about his name and also what his son Yahushua said.

[QUICKIRONS]

If you are looking for the truth about the names then you have to go back to the oldest text in order to be safe and remember that the letter J is only about 400 years old and before Jesus the translation was Iesous and now you van see the addition of part of the name Zeus that was added to maker the first tranlation sound more masculine and no matter because it is not the name of the messiah, Yahushua is his name !

[delagrazia]

"" These texts were translated from the Greek, but It can be argued that the Aramaic speakers who used this name had a continual connection to the Aramaic-speaking apostles+disciples of Jesus, and thus were able to accurately preserve the actual name used .""

[delagrazia]

"An argument in favor of the Hebrew form ישוע Yeshua is that the Old Syriac Bible (c. 200 AD) and the Peshitta preserves this same spelling using the equivalent Aramaic letters ܝܫܘܥ (Yēšū‘)=IESHU to the Hebrew letters of Yeshua.

This is still the spelling and pronunciation used in the West Syriac dialect,today, whereas East Syriac has rendered the pronunciation of the same letters Išô""‘ISHOO..IMAGINE THAT! in the same language!.

[delagrazia]

NOONe KNOWs, from Hebrew we have >Yeshua ,Ye-ho-shua(old form with -ho- taken out.but not in all names)or rarely ,Yoshua(englJoshua ..so again Y =J)

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""Clement of Alexandria and St. Cyril of Jerusalem considered the Greek form Iesous(=IISU) to be the original,Eusebius related it to the Greek root meaning "to heal" thus a variant of Jason meaning healer".

Jason = Iason so AGAIN J=I like in Jesus=Iisus So it was common that the- I- that sounds like in YEllow becomes gr>I, hebr> Y engl> J