To: I cannot think of a name; cloudmountain
Heck, if you go back to the original Hebrew, we have 'Yeshua'. The same Koine Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) was used to translate the Hebrew names Yehoshua (aka Joshua) and Yeshua. Long story short, Yeshua was a very common name. /imagine if the translation went differently //and we called him Josh, the Son of God
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04/12/2014 6:15:40 AM PDT by
Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Heck, if you go back to the original Hebrew, we have 'Yeshua'. The same Koine Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) was used to translate the Hebrew names Yehoshua (aka Joshua) and Yeshua. Long story short, Yeshua was a very common name. /imagine if the translation went differently //and we called him Josh, the Son of GodYes, indeed. It was a common name and that makes sense since Jesus was born of a poor family.
When I went to Israel on a tour with Steve & Janet Ray (He's a convert from VERY strict Baptist background.) we learned that Joseph was probably NOT a carpenter because Joseph was a poor man and poor men did not have "professions."
Joseph, and later Jesus, PROBABLY worked in the limestone mines which still honeycomb the entire area. Those mines are still worked. That makes sense to me too.
It doesn't matter but it's nice to hear these things.
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