If so many people, especially JWs, are worried about biblical accuracy... why do they call Yeshua "Jesus"?
Where did "Jesus" come from?
Why do people call him Jesus? His real name is Yeshua.
by Elsewhere 8 Replies latest jw friends
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shamus
Jesus, I don't know.
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Nosferatu
Some stupid american came up with that idea.
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Euphemism
The transliteration 'Jesus' is based on the Greek form of the name, Iesous.
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Gopher
Because it's more difficult to yell "Yeshua!!" when you stub your toe!!
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Undaunted Danny
Insightful post,There has gotta be a 100 million folks on this earth,who really belief that Jesus actually spoke that archaic old english.
The King James version of 1611 say's "Authorized" on the cover.[ Authorized by his benevolent majesty King James of England NOT God Almighty.]
One thing is for sure Jesus mother Mary did NOT call him Jesus.
We don't even know for sure what Jesus native tongue was.
The " J " in Jesus comes from the " J " in Jehovah.I believe the " Y " got Latinized in the 5th century and morphed to " J "
That is one of several reasons that Jehovah is not the correct pronunciation of God's name.
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stillajwexelder
History -- is the reason - Jesus is English - and because of the Anglo-American world power and the King James bible being one of the greatest literary works ever - (along with the Koran and the Complete Works of Shakespeare), it became de facto teh standard world pronunciation - but there is no way in hell that it is the correct pronunciation jsut as a poster has already said Jehovah is NOT the correct pronunciation of Gods name
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OHappyDay
English speaking people call him Jesus because that's his name in English. Just like all the other Hebrew names that have a standard English pronunciation.
Call him Yeshua if your native language is Aramaic or Hebrew.
Or if you believe the Assembly of Yahweh folks, call him Yahshua.
But God hears in all languages. And Jesus probably does, too.
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Elsewhere
But God hears in all languages. And Jesus probably does, too.
Esus'ja, elp'ha E'ma!