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The name Jesus

A typical Jew in Jesus' time had only one name, sometimes followed by the phras


the individual's hometown.[46]  Thus, in the New Testament, Jesus is comm
of  Nazareth".[m][47 ][48]  Jesus' neighbors in Nazareth refer to him as "the carp
brother of James and Joses and  Judas  and Simon",[49][50]  "the carpenter
son".[53][54]  In the Gospel of John, the disciple  Philip  refers to him as
Nazareth".[55][56]

The English name  Jesus  is derived from the Latin  Iesus, itself
Greek  Ἰησοῦς  (Iēsoûs).[57 ]  The Greek form is probab
the Hebrew and Aramaic name ‫ישוע‬ (Yēšūaʿ), a shorter variant of the earlier He
English: "Joshua").[58] The name Yəhōšūaʿ likely means "Yah saves".[59] This w
priest  in the Hebrew Bible,[61 ]  both of whom are represented in the  Septuagin
name Yeshua appears to have been in use in Judea at the time of the birth of Jesu
wrote in Koine Greek, the same language as that of the New Testament,[64] ref
Ἰησοῦς).[65] The etymology of Jesus' name in the context of the New Testament is

Since the early period of Christianity, Christians have commonly referred to Jesus

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