As a good background to discussion, please read this article on the Name of Jesus. It has a nice explanation on how Jesus was transliterated [not translated] from Hebrew to English.
http://www.seekgod.ca/htwhatsinaname.htm
Hello
That's right
Translation from hebrew to greek is ie-souss, but between the i en e from ie you speak the j.
So you say it like ie....je...souss and not iezeus .
And ie-je-souss became Jesus in english.
Transliteration.
Names are always difficult to translate.
Emjesown
(12-09-2008 04:31 PM)Emjesown Wrote: [ -> ]Hello
That's right
Translation from hebrew to greek is ie-souss, but between the i en e from ie you speak the j.
So you say it like ie....je...souss and not iezeus .
And ie-je-souss became Jesus in english.
Transliteration.
Names are always difficult to translate.
Emjesown
Thanx Emje!
I also heard it explained as Yeshua in Hebrew was tranliterated to Greek as Iesous, to Latin as Iesus, and then to English as Iesus also. Later, the "I" changed into the French "J" and what we have today as Jesus.
It's really too bad that some are convinced that Jesus came from Zeus - I fear they have been tricked to believe a myth. There is absolutely no connection between them :D
A really super article on this is:
http://www.seekgod.ca/htwhatsinaname.htm
I would encourage people to read it, because it makes it very clear where the name of Jesus comes from and "busts the myth" ;)
That is an interesting article, and circles back to a personal belief I have always held; considering that God knows man's heart, and Jesus is the Son of, He knows his name and of whom we are talking to, regardless of cultural language used.
I have a secondary question, of what language does the spirit speak?
(12-09-2008 04:31 PM)Emjesown Wrote: [ -> ]Hello
That's right
Translation from hebrew to greek is ie-souss, but between the i en e from ie you speak the j.
So you say it like ie....je...souss and not iezeus .
And ie-je-souss became Jesus in english.
Transliteration.
Names are always difficult to translate.
Emjesown
Quite right. And it is the same for all names. My own given name, Stephen, is St(y)epan in Russian, Ishtvan in Hungarian (I think or is it Stefan) , Estevan in Spanish, Stefanos in its original greek.
And strefanash, i might add, my logon, is the same name in a language of my own invention, Achmandarian
To continue and John is Johan in German, Giovanni in Italian. Ivan in Russian.
To claim that the name Jesus is to be rejected because it means earth pig (this by mixing languages !!!) or is a variant of Zeus, is simply ignorant and superstitious
Jesus in Greek is pronounced yay-soos. In Hebrew, his name is Yehoshua (yuh-hosh-yoo-uh), which means Joshua in English. Jesus has nothing to do with Zeus, in fact, the statue of Zeus fell over; Jesus is still standing.
