Matthew 1:21 reads: And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
The name Jesus, as it is written in the Gospels, is the Greek form of a common Hebrew name Yeshua, which is a shorter version of the original Yehoshua (Joshua in the English Bible). This is one of the many biblical names in which the Divine name YHWH is combined with a verb to convey a blessing. The original Yehoshua means “the Lord is salvation” and Matthew applies the name Yeshua to mean “the one who shall save the people from their sins.”
The name Yeshua appears frequently in the Hebrew Bible, particularly after the Babylonian Exile in the names of families of Priests (I Chron, 24:11), Levites (Ezra 2:40 and in numerous other verses) and Judeans (Ezra 2:6). Yeshua continues to be used in the post-biblical period including several high priests from the last days of...
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