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Yahweh Saves - Gospel of Matthew Part 1

Exploring My Strange Bible

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The Meaning of Yahoshua in Hebrew

In Hebrew, the traditional form of Jesus' name is Yahoshua. But if you say it ten times fast, you'll find your mouth wanting to shorten it and do an abbreviated form. In that Hebrew name was then spelled with Greek letters,. It was spelled and pronounced as Yesus, Yesus, which is where we get like the Spanish and kind of Romance languages for Jesus. And then somehow in English along the way that Y turned to a J and you get Jesus.

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