Since Yeshua spoke hebrew and evidently aramic,why would he take on a greek name?

when i met some one of another nationality i don't change my name and how it is said to please others?





why was this liberty taken with his name?








Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew during the thousand years of its composition. But a few chapters in the prophecies of Ezra and Daniel and one verse in Jeremiah were written in a language called Aramaic.

Since Yeshua spoke hebrew and evidently aramic,why would he take on a greek name?
There is nothing wrong with it {if} Jesus means "savior" in greek meaning, if you speek greek this is how you would call out his name, so in english we should be calling him by the name of savior since this is his attribute and since Yeshua is the hebrew way of saying savior this is why we call him by that name, also this is the name the messenger told Miriam the wife of Yosef she should call him.





" You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free".
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Reply:Jesus may have spoken Hebrew and Aramaic, but the prevailing language of educated peoples of the time was Greek.


It is distinctly possible that the disciples spoke all three languages. Some of them certainly did and after Pentecost there was no difficulty.


Jesus address people in the language best understood by the people he was talking to.





Unlike some YA subscribers who insist on mixing up Hebrew and English when communicating in English.





You have to accept the terminology or names given to things and people in there language and not insist they have it wrong because your background is different.


This is how wars start.
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Why was the bible translated in English when it is not the original language?





Daniel, Ezra and Jeremiah 鈥?are these Hebrew names? Do we have to know or restore the Hebrew-Aramaic translation? Otherwise all the bible using these names are inaccurate =)





Are the names in the old testament are in its original form? Or they were also translated? I think you should think of this too? =)



Reply:He never did! The people who translated the Bible from Hebrew to greek


took that liberty, as they like to hear the names of their mighty ones


in the names they give, so Y'shua was changed to greek thinking.


Also there is evidence to support the fact that the whole of the NT was


written in Hebrew %26amp; then translated into greek.
Reply:I think the New Testament was written in Greek.


I think the meaning was considered more important at that time then the spelling or pronunciation. Greek was the English at that time but was supplanted by Latin, I think I remember. So calling him Jesus made him and his story and message more universal which I think was an important theme going forward.


ALTHOUGH I think I like the name Yeshua more because of its authenticity and the sound and appearance as well as it relationship to the Old Testament forerunner Joshua which I'd also guess is Yeshua. My oldest son is Joshua James I think it was a nice Bibliosity to it, Do You?


Oh I missed in your question I don't think Yeshua was physically present went the Bible was written he had ascended into heaven and I am thinking he'd have been cool with that, but he definitely hated sin but loved sinners of whom I am chief!
Reply:Well, Jesus was Iesous in Greek. We get Jesus from the Latin Iesus, from the Greek Iesous. Actually, many names change depending on the language you speak. John is a good example. It is Juan in Spanish, Johann in German, Giovanni in Italian, etc.





Anyway, God inspired the New Testament to be written in Greek. Iesous is how Jesus' name was preserved. And bible truth has nothing to do with superstitions that requires uttering names in certain ancient vocal intonations, especially since today nobody knows how ANY Greek or Hebrew word in Jesus' day was pronounced.
Reply:Your question raises more important questions!





Aside from Christian writers....Did Jesus or his disciples leave any writings behind...? How would anyone know what Jesus really said... word-for-word?


Is this not important to have the authentic and completely accurate scrips of All the disciples and Jesus... such as an example of todays modern stenographer or court reporter for accuratecy and authenticity .....Since JUST ONE WORD OR TENSE can change the entire meaning of what was said !?!?





Why are the earliest existing writings of Jesus from the second century and written in Greek !?...when Jesus and his disciples were supposedly Jews who would plausibly write hebrew (If they did write) long before the second century?





How can the Greek Text canon, with its UNKNOWN writers own words of what they thought the gospal characters MIGHT HAVE SAID !?!????... Be called "The word of God" !!????





another words...





Since the Christian writers of the Greek Text canon were not eye witnesses to Jesus or his disciples... How did the EXACT word-for-word dialogues or ANY authentic dialogues of the gospel characters materialize ....without Fabrication or Invention from Christian writers?





Unity0151.
Reply:Ichthus pronounced Icthoos is "Fish"





"Ichthus is translated as Jesus"





Nabatean deities included Dushara (the head of the pantheon, and a hybrid of the Greek Zeus and the Syrian Hadad, with elements of Dionysus, the Greek God of wine), Atargatis (responsible for fertility, fruit, grain, fish) and three goddesses mentioned in the Koran: Allat (whose name simply means 'the Goddess', and who was associated with the moon), Manat (patron of luck and fate, as well as Petra, and particularly associated with the Treasury) and al-Uzza (who seems to have had elements of the Egyptian Isis and the Greek Diana and Venus).


http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A32778741





This is THE Petra on which the Roman church is built.
Reply:Just as the name John (in English) is Johann in German, Iohannan in Hebrew, and Juan in Spanish, so too is Jesus' name translated for different languages. When my Spanish speaking friends call me Diego, do I object? Of course not! Neither would Jesus, IMHO.
Reply:Chinese people do.





Anyhow, the NT was written in Greek...the tongue of the day in that area.
Reply:He didn't. Someone else did.
Reply:He didn't take on a Greek name, they give it to him. Good question God Bless:)
Reply:Grace !






Reply:His name is Yeshua he didnt take on a Greek name. Yet, as your name would be different in Greek when it was put into Greek your name would be the Greek words for what your name means, my Name is David, it means beloved of The Lord, in Spanish it is pronounced Dahveed (pronounced) in Hebrew it is spelled in Hebrew and prounounce Dohvid





In the Land of Israel the Greeks had been in charge before the Romans, Greek was the common tongue throughout the world from Alexander the great the Greek.





When the New Testament was written it was put into Greek for all the world, although originally in Hebrew letters and the Gospel writers, who were all Hebrew Jews.





the name Yeshua means God is salvation in Greek it is Jesus translated into English/Cristos=Christ in Greek/Moshiach in Hebrew and Messiah in English/meaning the Anointed One.





i know is what delivered me from blind belief and misunderstanding as well as getting high and living in lust.





this is what got me a new and happiest life=I am Jewish myself and believe in the Jewish Messiah Yeshua/Jesus and heavenly proud of it.


I also led to the Messiah before she passed away= my Jewish bubie from Boston and helped to get another Messianic Jewish person to lead my Zadie (grandpa and Bubie is Yiddish for grandma) to the Messiah.


During the holocaust and before in the Polish revivals Messianic Jews led many to the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. and even in the death camps people like


Corie Ten Boon (The Hidding Place) led many to the Messiah, she was put in concentration camp for being in the family that hid Jewish people in thier home in Holland.





Why not come to the Messiah?


Leviticus 17:11 says "without the shedding of blood there is no atonement for the soul.





Isaiah 52:12-53:12 says one will come and be exalted but first marred more than any man and be rejected and lay down his life as a lamb to make forgivenss for our sins.





to the "Jewish' people that claim there is no hell Daniel 12:1%26amp;2 states some will go to everlasting life and some to everlasting abhorance.





the claim today is as long as you dont believe in the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus you are 'Jewish' is answered also in Isaiah 53 "He will be despised and rejected and lay down his life to forgive our sins."





to these "Jewish" people many here in aligence wtih the Pagans JPA Jewish Pagan Association, if you believed as many did that Rabbi Schneerson was the Messiah, your still Jewish (even though he wastn born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:1%26amp;2) Didnt live sinless, didnt get offered to die for our sins, wasnt mighty God the prince of peace, the child born the son given (Isaiah 9:5%26amp;6, wasnt emanuel/God with us from a miracle birth to an alma pure young virgin (Isaiah 7:13%26amp;14)





Give your heart to the Messiah you will never regret it, i havent.


he promises he loves you and knocks on your heart door to come in deliver from sin and be your best friend Revelation 3:19%26amp;20





I prayed, "Help me messiah, I am sorry for my sins, come into my heart and be my best friend, amen"





happiest day to you and shalom, peace, David and the Messiah had to come before the destruction of the temple because after that there was no way to have the commanded blood atonement for yom Kippur and to fulfill the promised new covenant Jeremiah 31:30 and following