Calling on the Name of Jesus (at baptism)

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by Esaias

The apostles wrote in Greek. The Gentiles spoke in Greek. Why were they not told anything about pronunciation of the Name?

Why did God not include any mention of His desire that we use a Hebrew sounding pronunciation of the Name?

The Bible was written and preserved IN GREEK by Divine Providence. The NAME that has been made known around the world is IESOUS, pronounced a variety of ways depending on the person's language.

I just don't understand why non Hebrew speaking people are attracted to trying to speak Hebrew here and there when it comes to religion. It's pretentious. Its embarrassing to watch a guy with a clearly American accent suddenly drop into Rabbi mode when mentioning certain things. Like when they are speaking English to English speakers and try to sound all Jewish when mentioning Bible people's names. Shaul instead of Saul or Paul, Mattiyahu instead of Matthew, etc...

I mean, really now. A Hebrew who speaks Hebrew? Fine. But to suggest there is some sort of "move of God" involved in (mostly white American) Christians suddenly using Hebrew pronunciations - when there is no instruction to do so by the apostles - seems like quite a stretch.

Ever hear if the term "plastic Paddy"? Same concept.

I just don't understand why people want to go outside what is actually written. That seems definitely non apostolic and non Biblical.

If you want to use Yeshua or whatever, fine. But its no different than if I, as an American English speaker, preferred to use Jesucristo and said "God is giving new understanding of this and people who don't use Jesucristo are hanging in that back number of people who think they know it all but really haven't moved on with God."

It just really comes across as divisive, pretentious, and lacks scriptural support, so why bother with it?

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