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To: Always Right
Jess Christ doesn't have the same ring to it.
145 posted on 01/28/2005 8:33:54 AM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: escapefromboston

Actually, his name was most probably pronounced "Yeshu" or "Yeshua". The spelling of Jesus was taken from a text in a language, I believe German, in which J is pronounced Ya. Anyway, during the translation, the translators used the spelling from the text. English people pronounced it with the normal English pronunciation of J, and the name Yeshua became Jesus. Oh, also, Jehovah is a product of translation. The original text was YHWH, probably pronounced YahWeh.


172 posted on 01/28/2005 12:47:14 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men are ready to do violence on our behalf)
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