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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
I posted this in another thread and then quickly deleted it. I decided that it would be HUGE departure from topic and it wouldn't be fair to the thread to throw such a boulder into the intended flow.
In the "Be Ye Perfect" thread Michael The Disciple used the term Yeshua.
To which AtlantaBishop replied...
My question...
Now why on earth would you say that?
Names are universal.
When I call the lady at the restaurant up town Juanita should I speak to her in Spanish?
Why we use a translation of a translation is a bit of a wonder to me.
Names are generally not translated these days. Apparently they were back then.
But I certainly can't see why one would find themselves incorrect for using a pronunciation that is truer to the original name given.
The name spoken by the angel is nearly (if not exactly) the same as the name of the OT Joshua. Why did they end up sounding so differently? Moses had to stay behind and only Joshua (Y@howshuwa` {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}) could lead them over into the promised land. Joshua was a type of Christ and shares the same basic name with Christ.
One is now called Joshua (sounding very reminiscent of the original pronunciation although there was no "J" sound back then) and one is now called Jesus (bearing almost no resemblance to the original pronunciation)
And we... the "people of the name" criticize one for trying to utter a pronunciation closest to the name the angel demanded Mary give to the Messiah?
Why would we do that?
Any thoughts?
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Yes - I will tell you exactly why!
BECAUSE WE READ, SPEAK AND WRITE IN ENGLISH! We do not read, speak or write in Hebrew. If I was in Israel and were to baptize a Jew - I would learn the Hebrew translation of
Acts 2:38 and baptize the candidate calling on the name of the Lord in HEBREW. If I am in a Spanish speaking nation - I would baptize in Spanish.
The fact of the matter is - I, along with most on this forum and most in America and English speaking nations - do not read, speak or write in Hebrew or other languages. I don't care if the J was not invented until 1955 - it was invented before I was born and used in my teaching and vocabulary and I use it every day and so do you so who cares if there was NOT A
J a thousand years ago????????????
I have seen multitudes saved, healed, delivered, baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost - All in the Wonderful Name of our Lord Jesus Christ and I will continue to use the Name that is above every name - JESUS!
Oh yeah - another thing - Everyone of you guys that start off on this Yaway - Yeshua - YAWH - deal - end up growing a long beard and acting crazy and preaching against the letter "J" and EVERY SINGLE ONE has a different pronunciation or spelling to your particular Y name. You don't speak Hebrew - You speak English - Use the translation of the Name in English. JESUS - NO OTHER NAME I KNOW!