"There Is One God And One Mediator Between God And Men, The Man Christ Jesus" 
1 Timothy (2:5)

Various Bibles, Dates & Their Evolution Into the Name Jesus

 


 

The Bible Evolution Into the Name Jesus

The Letter “J” Is Not Part Of His Name

 


 

There is no equivalent to the letter “J” in either Hebrew or Greek. (See also: The Pronunciation History Of Yahweh to Jehovah )

 

 

GREEK ALPHABET

 

We know that the letter (j) has only been in the English alphabet for a little over 500 years, so we know that our Saviour being a Hebrew, did not originally bear the name Jesus, which comes from the Greek word Iesous, which does not mean salvation.

 

The name Jesus is a fairly new name. In fact, the 1611 King James Bible (a book many of us rely on) initially transliterated the name of the Son of God as  “Iesus” instead of Jesus. The Strong’s Concordance tells us that it was pronounced “ee-ay-sooce” not Jesus.

 

 

The 1611 King James Bible did NOT use the letter “J” but the letter “I” to spell “Jesus”

 

The Genealogy of Christ – (1611 KJV)

 

The Original Book Names – (1611 KJV)

The original printing of the King James Version included the Apocrypha, so named in the text. It contained all the books and sections of books present in the Latin Vulgate’s Old Testament but missing in the Hebrew. Under the Thirty-Nine Articles, the doctrinal confession of the Church of England established in 1563, these books were considered non-canonical but were to be “read for example of life and instruction of manners”.

Like the earlier English translations such as Tyndale’s and the Geneva Bible, the King James Version was translated from Greek and Hebrew texts, bypassing the Latin Vulgate. The King James Version’s Old Testament is based on the Masoretic Text while the New Testament is based on the Textus Receptus as published by Erasmus. The King James Version is a fairly literal translation of these base sources; words implied but not actually in the original source are specially marked in most printings (either by being inside square brackets, or as italicized text).

Eventually, five different editions of the King James Version were produced in 1611,1629, 1638, 1762, and 1769. It is the 1769 edition which is most commonly cited as the King James Version (KJV).

 

 

 


 

The Greek influence slowly changed the Hebrew Name of our savior to a variant Greek name. In fact, even now many Greek names end in ‘us’. Examples, are Marcus, Julius, Augustus, Zeus, and of course Jesus. In fact, in Spanish, the name Jesus is spelled the same as the English, however, it is pronounced: “HE-ZEUS”.

 

Why So Many People Continue To Use The Incorrect Name

Many people refuse to use the real name of our savior because of the emotional attachment they have to the name Jesus. However, the Bible commands us to worship God in Spirit and truth (John 4:23-24).

Over the years God [Yahweh] has blessed us and allowed us to grow spiritually even though people have come to know His Son by various names. Names such as Yeshua, Iesus, Iesous and now Jesus have been a blessing to those of us who used them because we have been ignorant of his real name. We have all had the experience of calling someone we met by a different name until they told us what their real name is. Once they have introduced their real name to us we no longer go about calling them a false name and we don’t get upset or offended that they correct us. When someone calls you by a name that is not yours, you politely tell them that your name is such and such. You don’t get mad at them because they simply didn’t know. Our Father shows us His mercy when we are in ignorance (when we don’t know).

 

(Acts 17:30-31 NIV) 30 In the past God [Yahweh] overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he [God] will judge the world with justice by the man [Yahshua] he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”

 

(See: The Pronunciation History Of Yahshua to Jesus)

 

 

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