The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

How The Savior's Name Was Changed251Would His Jewish disciples call Himby a hybrid Greek-Latin name when theBible says they were unlearned andignorant men? (Acts 4:13). They werecommon fishermen who spoke Hebrewor perhaps the closely related Aramaicdialect. Their Hebrew speech wasthen translated into Greek by linguistswho gave us the record in our Bibles.(Write for our ministudy, „Was the NewTestament Written in Greek?“)In this study we will pursue theorigin of the English Jesus, and presentevidence from both the Bible andsecular sources revealing that the namegiven from On High was the Hebrewname „Yahshua, „the same name asthe Old Testament son of Nun whom weknow as Joshua.A Son Carries His Father‘s NameThe Savior clearly avowed, „I am comein my Father‘s Name, „John 5:43.This passage means that He carriedHis Father‘s Name. Its meaning is notlimited solely to His coming by authorityor command of the Heavenly Father.Just as today the family name ispassed on from father to son, we wouldexpect Yahshua to bear the nameof the Heavenly Father, AND comewith his authority. In the Middle Easta name carries far more significanceand encompasses deeper implicationsthan names in today‘s Western society.There is a reason the Savior was bornin a Middle East society that even todayholds one‘s name in high regard.The Savior went on to saythat although the people did notreceive Him, if another would comein his own name, him they wouldreceive. He added that Moses hadwritten of Him, likely a reference toExodus 15:2, „Yah...has become mysalvation,“ [Hebrew =shua, i.e., Yahshua].(See also Deut. 18:15-19.)As already stated, the Savior‘sName essentially is the same as that ofJoshua (pronounced „Yoshua“), the sonof Nun, Numbers 13:16. Joshua‘s nameoriginally was Hoshea, or Hoshua, butMoses had prefixed the short or poeticform of the sacred Name, Yah, callingHim Yahoshua, meaning Salvation ofYah.From the Babylonian captivityonward, the „o“ sound was dropped,according to linguistic authorities,and by the time of the Savior‘s birththe name was no longer „YahOshua,“but became Yahshua. This custom ofshortening names is commonplace.For example, „bedlam“ comes fromBethlehem , Jon from Jonathan, and Lizor Beth from Elizabeth .The Savior Yahshua indeed camein the name of His Father, for His veryname means „the Salvation of YAH.“His name contains the sacred, poetic,heavenly family name Yah: YAHshua.One has but to look at Acts 7:45 andHebrews 4:8 in the King James Biblewhere the hybrid „Jesus“ erroneouslyappears. It is obvious that scribes wentthrough the King James Bible andeverywhere changed the true name ofYahshua to Jesus. With overzealousintent, the name Joshua (Yahshua)the son of Nun had been mistakenlyreplaced with the hybrid „Jesus“ aswell! Later KJV revisions and newerBible versions have replaced the moreproper Joshua.No Other Name Has SalvationSalvation comes through Yahshuathe Messiah. Salvation is throughHim alone. „Neither is there salvationin any other: for there is none othername under heaven given among men,whereby we must be saved.“None other name! That is the samename given by the angel Gabriel to themother of Yahshua before He was born.