※The history behind His name
Many of us know that the meaning of Jesus’ name is “savior,” but this is only half of the truth. It may come as a surprise that Jesus of Nazareth was not actually called Jesus. The English name Jesus is based on the Greek pronunciation of his real Hebrew name, which was יהושע Yehoshua(Joshua).. In his own lifetime, his disciples probably referred to him using an abridged form of the name: Yeshu.
我們都知道耶穌的名字的意思是「救世主」,但這只是真理之一。
拿撒勒的耶穌實際上並沒有被人叫為「耶穌」,這可能會讓人感到意外。英文名稱Jesus是基於希伯來名字的希臘語發音,即「約書亞」。在他的一生中,他的門徒可能會使用一種簡略形式的名字來稱呼他:Yeshu。
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Ἰησοῦς (2424) 耶穌
Iēsous ee-ay-sooce
Iesous {ee-ay-sooce}
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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ)3091)
Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"
יהושׁע יהושׁוּע ye hôshûa‛ ye hôshûa‛ yeh-ho-shoo-ah, yeh-ho-shoo-ah
From 3068 Jehovah יהוה ye hôvâh yeh-ho-vaw and 3467 ישׁעyâsha‛ yaw-shah;
1. to save, be saved, be delivered
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※A Special Divine Prefix
In the original Hebrew, the authentic meaning of Jesus’ name is “The Lord” (Yeho) “is salvation” (Yeshua). This is similar to countless other names in the Bible that begin with the letters Yeho, always a shorthand for the Lord’s sacred name Yahweh. For example, the name of Saul’s son, Yehonatan or Jonathan, means “the Lord has provided” and the name of the last king of Judah, Jehoiachin, means “the Lord has appointed”.
在原始的希伯來語中,耶穌名字的真實含義是「主」(Yeho)「是救恩」(Yeshua)。
這類似於聖經中無數其他的名字,以Yeho字母開頭,總是耶和華神聖名字耶和華的簡寫。例如,掃羅的兒子,Yehonatan或Jonathan的名字,意思是「主供應」,猶大最後一位國王的名字,約雅斤,意思是「主指定」。
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יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (3083) Jehovah-given;
יהונתן ye hônâthân yeh-ho-naw-thawn
From 3068 Jehovah יהוה ye hôvâh yeh-ho-vaw and 5414 נתן nâthan
naw-than 1. to give, put, set;
Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"
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Jehoiachin (3078)= "Jehovah establishes"。יהויכין ye hôyâkı̂yn yeh-ho-yaw-keen
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※Return to the authentic Hebrew source
*So, Jesus’ real name is the same as Joshua, a biblical hero who conquered Canaan more than a thousand years earlier. Since it begins with the sacred Hebrew letters יהו Yeho, Jesus’ identity is eternally tied to that of God.
因此,耶穌的原名與約書亞相同,約書亞是一位在一千多年前征服迦南的聖經裡的英雄。因為這名字始於神聖的希伯來字母「耶和華」,耶穌的身份永遠與上帝的身份聯繫在一起。
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