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  • 'Jesus' was a Greek translation of the Hebrew name 'Yeshua', which is also more usually translated as Joshua. Yeshua was a very common Jewish name in the first century.
  • Jesus was not a very common name. But Jesus in Spanish (hay-zuse) is a popular name for Mexicans
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Jesus is considered to be the Greek form of Joshua, or Yeshua, a common name among first century Jews.

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Most of those that knew him and heard of him, used his name also.

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