What was Jesus name in his time?

Answer 1

The gospels say that Jesus was referred to by others as the Christ or Messiah (which both mean the Anointed One), the Son of God and even as Elijah or one of the prophets (Mark 8:28). Jesus often referred to himself as the Son of Man.

The history of this is interesting. It seems likely at the time Mark (the first New Testament gospel) was written, that it was desirable for Jesus and his followers not to call him the Son of God. However, outsiders such as demons or the high priest could do so, and readers would have understood, just as Christians do today. Similarly, the voice of God from heaven could call Jesus his beloved son and this does not create a problem for the Christian community at the time since no one could accuse God of blasphemy. We can see evidence of this careful differentiation in the parallel structure of Mark's Gospel:A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

In the above table, God calls Jesus his beloved son twice, in matching events C and C' (Mark 1:11,9:7). As outsiders, demons call Jesus the Son of God in event H, but Jesus commands them to tell no one, then in matching event H' Jesus even questions why people call him good, as only God is good.

In event S, Jesus asks the disciples who others say he is, and the disciples reply that some say Elijah and others say one of the prophets. In the matching event S', the high priest is an outsider and can suggest that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God.

In event T, Jesus asks the disciples who they say he is, and Peter says he is the Christ. But in event T', Peter denies him three times.

Event V is an example of Jesus referring to himself as the Son of Man, avoiding but perhaps implying the description as Son of God.

When Matthew was written, during the eighties of the first century, and even later when Luke was written, it was no longer a problem for Jesus to be referred to openly as the Son of God. Christianity and Judaism were parting company and the gospels no longer needed to consider Jewish sensitivities.

Answer 2

Jeshua is the Biblical name of Jesus.

Additional Comments:

A transliteration of the Hebrew, 'Joshua' or Yeshua which means 'God is salvation' hence His being dubbed the 'Savior,' is what Jesus comes to be in the pages of the English Bibles. He is called many things - names and titles in Scripture - here is one also found in Isaiah 7:14:

Matthew 1:22-23New International Version (NIV)

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us").

Answer 3

teacher, Rabbi, prophet, carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth