How did they get the name Jesus Christ from it's original Hebrew?

Answer 1

Jesus comes from the the Hebrew word yeshua . The new testatment which is primairly written in Greek translates this as Iesus ( there is no "j" in greek), which we translate in English to Jesus. Christ comes from the greek word "christos" which is the translation of the word "mashiach" or as we know it in English as messiah. Both "christos" and "mashiach" have the meaning of "annointed one."

Answer 2

Not exactly. The name "Jesus" is an English translation from the Greek Iesous, a corruption of a fairly typical Hebrew name, Yahushua. Jesus himself was never called Jesus during his life. His name, according to most scholars, was Yeshua.

Christians believe that his name was foretold in a prophecy.

"I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH" - Zechariah 3:8

Since Moses, the people of YHWH had been waiting for the Messiah - the anointed servant of YHWH that would bring the kingdom of the Mighty One.

YHWH promised, "Behold, the days come, saith YHWH, that I will raise to David a righteous BRANCH, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice upon the earth."- Jeremiah 23:5. The rest of the passage (Jeremiah 23:2-8) makes it clear that the one he calls "Branch" is the Messiah. In a prophecy about the future, YHWH gives the name of this "Branch," the name of the Messiah!

The prophet Zechariah was told to approach the son of the High priest Yahozadak, named Yahushua, and tell him the following: "'Thus says YHWH of armies, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of YHWH. Yes, it is He who will build the temple of YHWH, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne (Zechariah 6:12-13)."

YHWH through Zechariah told the world what the name of the branch would be: Yahushua! The same name as the son of the High priest!

Yahushua is made of the Hebrew letters Yod-Hay-Waw-Shin-Waw-Ayin. The letters are pronounced Y-H-oo-sh-oo-ah. The first part of his name is the same as the father, Yah. In English, we would write his name Yahushua, as this correctly make the sounds of his name, and gives honor to his fathers name.

The name Yahushua means "YaHuWaH is salvation."

Where did "Jesus" come from?The oldest copies of the scriptures about the Messiah and his followers (the New Testament) that we have are all written in Greek. The problem is that these stories took place in a mostly Hebrew context, with people who spoke Hebrew and lived a mostly Hebrew lifestyle. Greek words did not exist to express some Hebrew words perfectly. In fact, the Greek language itself didn't even have all of the sounds in the Hebrew language!

A group of Hebrew scribes worked to translate the Hebrew scriptures (the Old Testament) into Greek. This work, called the Septuagint, attempted to make sense of the confusion between the languages. In order to fit the Greek style, many names were changed. The book of Yahushua (Joshua) became the book of Iesous. How did they get Iesous from Yahushua?

1) In Greek, names that end in an "a" sound are typically female, while names that end in an "os" or "us" are typically male. Yahushua - "ua" + "us" = Yahushous

2) The Greek language has no "sh" sound like Hebrew. The sound of "s" typically replaced the "sh" sound. Yahusous - "sh" + "s" = Yahusous

3) Since about 400 AD, Hebrew scribes tried to hide the name of YHWH so that it "would not be blasphemed." Whenever they could, they changed the vowel sounds in his name. "YaHuWaH" became "YeHoWaH." Yahusous - "Yahu" + "Yeho" = Yehosous

4) The Greek "Y" makes a different sound from the Hebrew "Yod," so the "I" was used. Yehosous - "Y" plus "I" = Iehosous

5) The "ho"is barely vocalized, so it was dropped. Iehosous - ho = Iesous.

The Hebrew scribes, following theses steps, translated the name Yahushua (Yah-oo-shoo-ah) to Iesous (ee-ay-soos). The Septuagint wrote the name Yahushua as Iesous. If you were a Hebrew and came across this name in a Greek Septuagint, you would know that it represented the name Yahushua. It is pretty clear that the name Iesous is much like the modern "Jesus." Here are the steps of how we got to "Jesus" from "Iesous."

1) Iesous, the Greek translation of Yahushua, is translated into Latin, becoming Iesus.

2) The name Iesus is used until the early 1600′s, when the letter "J" replaces the "I." Iesus (ee-yay-sus) becomes Jesus (Jee-zus).