WHAT DOES THE NAME JESUS MEAN?, WHO CHANGED HIS NAME FROM YAHOSHUA, AND WHY DONT WE BELEIVE? This name “Jesus” commonly used in Christianity today did not exist and would not be spelled with the letter “J” until about 500 years ago. This article will also discuss the grammatical errors involved in the transliteration of Yahshua into Greek and Latin, which radically changed the form of Yahshua’s name. Another error that will be discussed in this article is that “Yahshua’s name was not known to most translators at the time. Jewish Masoretic priests, around the 6th century A.D., created the name Jesus by changing the vowel point from the letter “a” to “e” in the Tetragrammaton YHWH. This resulted in changing the pronunciation from Yah to Yeh.The priests continued the tradition, which was in effect at the time of the Messiah, of teaching the people that the name “Yahweh” was too sacred to pronounce, and to speak this name was blasphemy and punishable by death. Most people and lower level priests were initially taught to say “Adonai” when they saw the name “Yahweh” or the tetragrammaton written. Does the Letter “J” exist in Hebrew, Latin or Greek? The answer to this question is no. In fact, there was no letter ‘J’ in any language prior to the 14th century in England. The letter did not become widely used until the 17th century. The Encyclopedia Americana contains the following quote on the J: “The form of ‘J’ was unknown in any alphabet until the 14th century. Either symbol (J,I) used initially generally had the consonantal sound of Y as in year. Gradually, the two symbols (J,l) were differentiated, the J usually acquiring consonantal force and thus becoming regarded as a consonant, and the I becoming a vowel. It was not until 1630 that the differentiation became general in England.” Note in the original 1611 version of the King James Version of the Bible there was no “J” letter in this Bible because it did not exist. James was spelled Iames. Jesus was spelled Iesous. In the Hebrew alphabet there is no J letter or J sound and in the Greek alphabet there is no letter J or J sound. Now the Oxford English Dictionary shows the derivation of the name “Jesus” as follow: “In ancient Latin Jesus is spelled Iesus, in ancient Greek (I-ee-sous), ad. late Heb. or Aramaic yeshua, Jeshua, for the earlier y’hoshua, Jehoshua or Joshua (explained as ‘Jah (or Jahveh) is salvation’: cf. y’shuah ‘salvation, deliverance’, and Matt. 1.21” Here we see that in the ancient Latin and Greek languages “Jesus” was spelled with the letter “I” for there was no “J” in either of these languages. In Hebrew we know there is no J letter. So Jesus was originally spelled Yeshua, and y’hoshua. Note: Here the Messiah’s name was spelled in Hebrew two different ways due to the tradition of the Masoretic priests. They did not want to pronounce the sacred part of Yahweh’s name, so they changed the ‘Yah, to ‘Yeh, which will be discussed later in this article. Webster’s New World Dictionary confirms the Oxford World Dictionary, but it shows the derivation of “Jesus” correctly transliterated in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew using the letters “I” and “Y,” showing that there was no J used in these original languages when the scriptures were translated into them. “In Late Latin Jesus was original spelled Iesus; In Greek it was spelled Ièsous; and in ancient Hebrew spelled “yÈshÙa,” which is a contraction of yehÖshÙa (Joshua), help of Jehovah < yÀh, Jehovah + hÖshïa, to help.” Did the angels speak in Hebrew? In the so-called New Testament of the Bible there were two instances where an angel and the spirit form of the Messiah appeared to humans and spoke to them in Hebrew. First, Gabriel spoke to Mary regarding her unborn son. Since Mary was Hebrew of the tribe of Judah (Lk. 1:27), Gabriel had to communicate to her in the Hebrew tongue, her native language, not Chinese or Greek, for she would not have been able to understand him. “And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with Elohim (God). And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS (Luke 1:30-31).” As shown in the Hebrew alphabet, there is no J in Hebrew. So the question is what did the angel Gabriel say that the baby would be named? It was impossible for him to say Jesus because Jesus is Greek for Yahshua. In another instance, the Messiah appeared in spirit form and in a vision, to the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-7) and spoke in Hebrew. Paul described what happened. “And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks (Acts 26:14).”Paul asked this spirit, “Who art thou, Lord (Acts 26:15)?” The Messiah replied, “I am Jesus [in the King James Bible and most English Bibles] whom thou persecutest.” One thing is clear. The Messiah knows His name and as was stated and repeated throughout this article it is impossible for him to have said Jesus as it is translated since Yahshua spoke to Paul in the Hebrew tongue. Pontius Pilate wrote the name of the Messiah in Greek, Hebrew and Latin above His head on the cross when the Messiah was crucified. Luke wrote the following: “… an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS (Lk 23:38-39). ”Traditionally, most crucifixes (especially Roman Catholic) have the Latin initials of the Messiah as follows “INRI,” which means “Iesus Nazarenus, Rex, Iudaeorum”. [Note: there is no letter J (for it did not exist at this time.) This is translated into English and means “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”] The French philosopher, historian, and religious scholar Ernest Renan stated in his book, The Life of Jesus, that the Savior was never called Jesus in His lifetime. Renan based his conclusion on his archaeological trips to the Holy Land in searching for inspiration and materials on the Savior. What is the derivation of the name “Jesus”? Any good dictionary will show the derivation or the history of the translation of Jesus through the various languages. All agree that the word “Jesus is a transcription or a copy of the Greek name … which is a derivation of the Hebrew Ieshoua, a common Jewish name” according to the book The Names and Titles of Jesus by Leopold Sabourin, S.J. Is there an explanation of the error Yeh from Yah? Now that it is clear that the Messiah’s name was not spelled with the letter J, there is another error that must be addressed. Many misspell the Messiah as “yÈshÙa,” (which is a contraction for “yehÖshÙa.”). The error is that it does not have the “Yah” part of the Father’s name in the translation. In the King James Version of the Bible, Psalm 68:4 clearly reveals that the shortened form of the Father’s name is “Jah.” King David writes: “Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name JAH…” Since there is no j in Hebrew then “Jah” should be spelled Yah or Iah. So yehÖshÙa should be spelled yahÖshÙa. The error of changing Yah to Yeh is due to the manmade tradition of the Jewish priests. Their reverence for the holy name caused them to believe that it was too sacred to pronounce. So they changed the vowel points from a to e in the Tetragrammaton YHWH. This changes the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton. The letter “a” was the correct vowel to be inserted between the YH obtaining YaH. This is short form of the sacred Name is in Yahshua. To prevent this pronunciation, the priests changed the vowel points from an “a” to the “e” obtaining YeH. This is how the letter “e” came to be in the Savior’s name “Jesus,” resulting today in the Jews spelling his name YEHshua. Now the same error is explained in the Biblesoft’s Strongs New Exhaustive Strong’s Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. It spelled Yahshua’s name with the letter e Yehowshuwa‘ (yeh-ho-shoo’-ah); or Yehowshu‘ a (yeh-ho-shoo’-ah); from OT:3068 and OT:3467 OT:3091; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader: -Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Now the ancient Greek use their alphabet to write and pronounce the “IE” as the shortened form of Yahweh’s name “Yah.” What is the Importance of “ous” or “us” in Jesus’ name? Now the “ua” ending in Yahshua’s name in Hebrew when transliterated into Greek is feminine singular, which presents a problem. Thus, it necessitates a change when transliterate into Greek (so the reader in Greek could determine the gender of this name). What most people do not understand is the ending “us” of Jesus name was setup to denote this in the transliteration into Greek and Latin. The “ous” and the “us” ending in the Greek name “Iesous” and the Latin name “Iesus,” respectively, denote the masculine singular gender in Greek and Latin respectively. In most languages there are endings that denote gender as well as endings that denote singular or plural. (For example, in English we just add the letter ‘s’ to make a noun plural as in boys or girls. In Spanish gender is denoted by the last vowel of the word, such as chico-boy and chica-girl.) Only the letters “Jes” in “Jesus’ name has any relationship to the Hebrew name Yahshua for the letters “us” denote gender. This transliteration that observes Greek and Latin grammer further adds confusion to other errors in the transliteration of the name Yahshua. Latin and English had already seen the results of the Jewish Masoretic priests changing the vowel points. Finally, it also should be noted that Greek has no “sh” sound as in Yahshua Hebrew name. To denote this “sh” Hebrew sound in the Greek, the letter “s” is used. Thus, this article has examined all five of the letters in “Jesus” name and showed their derivation from Hebrew, Greek Latin and English. When Gutenburg invented the printing press the Latin Vulgate Bible became the first book ever printed in 1455. The first printed bible in a foreign tongue was the German Mentel Bible of 1466 followed by the Martin Luther bible of 1522. After William Tyndale was denied permission to print an English bible he went to visit Martin Luther and completed his translation of the New Testament in 1525. Tyndale had 18,000 copies printed at Worms and smuggled into England of which only two copies survive. After printing his revised edition of 1534 he was captured in Belgium, tried for heresy by order of the pope, and put to death in 1536 by strangulation after which his body was burned at the stake. By the year 1611 the letter J was officially part of the English languge and the King James Bible was printed along with pronunciation guides for all proper names like Jesus, Jew, Jeremiah, Jerusalem, Judah, and John. The name Jesus has been in use ever since. Prefix: A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. Pre means before. Prefixes may also indicate a location, number, or time. Root: central part of a word. Suffix: The ending part of a word that modifies the meaning of the word. Here is what the word Jesus mean in Latin broken down as the above definition state: Je•GE or GEO [ME geo, from.MF& L,from.Gk - Ge-Geo,from Ge] EARTH GROUND SOIL (as in) GEO/GRAPHICAL GEO/GRAPHY and GEO/POLITICS (WEBSTERS SEVENTH NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY)•GE (je,ge) GAEA;GAIA GAEA (Jee),Noun. [Gr.Gaia derived from Ge, earth] in Greek mythology the earth personified as a goddess ,mother of Uranus the Titans,etc, MOTHER EARTH: identified by the Romans with Tellus: also Gala,Ge. GEO (jeo,jee) [Gr. geo derived from gaia,ge, the earth] a combining form meaning earth,as in geo/centric, geo/phyte.(WEBSTERS NEW WORLD DICTIONARY) {PROPER NAME} GEORGE Gr. georgos means EARTH WORKER (DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES) sus•sus, sus N 3 1 NOM S C T, sus N 3 1 VOC S C T sus, suis swine; hog, pig, sow;(Latin-English-Latin Java Dictionary with Whitakers Wordlist) sus : swine, pig, hog.(Lynn Nelsons Latin=English Dictionary (Hong Kong) sus, -is g.c. nomen animalis (A Latin Dictionary of Saxo Grammaticus (medireview Latin) SWINE [ME fr.OE swin; akin to OHG swin swine LATIN -SUS--more at SOW] 1: any of various stout-bodied short legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and long mobile snout; esp: a domesticated member of the species (Sus Scrofa) that includes the European wild boar-usu.used collectively 2: a contemptible person (Websters Seventh New Collegate Dictionary) Conclusion: Je-SUS = earth pig or earthly swine or BEAST of the Earth... the image of corruptible man, the abominable sacrifice of a pig (Easter Sacrifice of the Earthly Swine named Jesus) that pollutes the alter and renders the Temple of YAH (man) unfit for service or worship to YAH, causing the oblation (daily sacrifice) to cease, that sacrifice of the Lamb that was slaughtered before YAH whose name is Yahoshua (YAH IS Salvation NOT Jesus the son pig sacrifice of Zeus). I.E. the Abominable Sacrifice that Causes the Desolation of the Temple of YAH, the human body. We are told in Leviticus 11:7 that the swine is unclean to YAH. And Dueteronomy 14:8. Is it not fitting that the Romans who overthrowed Israel in 70 A.D. and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem would change his name to the thing that Yah detest! Most of those who are in Christianity do not beleive because they do not study, lack of knowledge or dont truly read the bible for themselves. Instead they lean on the traditions of men and the Pastor of the church. Nor do they ask questions to where, when, or how something originated. Most have the mindset of becuase my momma did it and her mother before her or that it is just easier to go along with everyone else. There are over 38,000 christian denominations and just about all break 1-4 of the commandments every Sunday by not keeping the sabbath, bowing down to idols, worshiping another Elohim(God) for the Catholic church changed the worship day of YAH to their worship day of Baal, wearing a cross around their neck or entering a church with the cross at the top of the building or on the podium where the Pastor stands and you bow down when he calls anyone who needs prayer. Which leads me to a story about traditions: Momma why do you cut the ends of the roast off before putting it into the pan? Response cause my momma did it Grandma why do you cut the ends of the roast off before putting it in the pan? Response I guess cause my momma did it that way Great grandma why do you cut the ends of the roast off before putting it in the pan? Response Well baby my pan was too small. You see the morale of this story is be vigilant to get the right answer, there is one, and we must search until the truth sets you free dont just follow a tradition search for the truth! What does the Bible say about wisdom, knowledge and truth? Proverbs 1:5-7 says: A wise man will hear,and will increase learning;and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of YAH is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 3:35 says: The wise shall inherit glory but shame shall be the promotion of fools. Proverbs 8:33 says: Here instruction, and be wise and refuse it not. Proverbs 9:8-10 says:Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:rebuke a wise man and he will love thee give instruction to a wise man,and he will yet be wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Most High is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Ecclesiastes 8:5 says: whosoever keepeth the commandments shall feel no evil thing, and a wise mans heart discerneth both time and judgment. Thessalonians 2:10-12 says: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved And for this cause YAH will send them a strong delusion, that they should beleive a lie. That they all might be damned who beleive not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Hosea 4:6 says: My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge:because thou has rejected knowledge I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou has forgotton the law of thy Elohim(God) I will also forget thou children. In conclusion: We have been taught that YAHs laws were done away with when Yahoshua died on the cross but Yahoshua says in Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. And in 1 John 2:3-4 says: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. We have kept the unholy days(holidays) of men but none Of YAHs Set-Apart Feast days which he instructs us to do in Leviticus chapter 23. And instructs us not to learn none of the ways of the heathen in Jeremiah 10:1-5 We have harkoned to false images, false names, and false doctrines of men, we do not know we are Hebrew israelites and are not a religious people but a spiritual people to be set-apart from the world and not a freind of it. we are taught wrong about heaven, hell,tithing, The Most Highs name and the name of his son and what the church really is. These are strong delusions which we must retrain are minds for we are spiritually blinded and the strongholds of our minds must be broken. This can be done easily by reading the scriptures line by line precept upon precept, here a little there a little with prayer to YAH thru Yahoshua to send the Ruach Ha Kodesh(Holyspirit) which will lead you to all truth!
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