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1 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 132670 | ||
Greetings Shaunswoods! This is a red herring issue that comes up quite frequently, but is actually quite silly. God's name in Hebrew is 'YHWH'. The NT was not written in Hebrew, it was written in Greek. Thus, you will never find 'YHWH' used in the NT. It is that simple! The Greek NT translates occurances of 'YHWH in OT quotes as 'kurios', which is 'LORD'. We have thousands of copies of Greek NT manuscripts and NOT ONE of them uses 'YHWH'. It isn't the result of some kind of conspiracy. It is simply because the New Testament is written in a different language than the Old Testament. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Reighnskye | 132677 | ||
If I'm not otherwise mistaken, the NT name of "Jesus" was actually a derivative of the OT name of "Joshua". "Joshua" likewise had originated from the name of "Yeshua", which had itself also come from the name of "YHWH". A rumor that I heard from a scholarly friend many years ago, if I even remember it correctly. Hence, the unknowable name of "YHWH" had evolved through many stages to become the personalized name of "Jesus", with the names "Yeshua" and "Joshua" as the midlinks of the name. Perhaps someone more scholarly than myself can correct me on this. - John 1 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |
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3 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 132701 | ||
Greetings Reighnskye! If I remember correctly, Jesus (in Greek) is simply a translation of the Hebrew name 'Joshua'. So, I would say that it would be going too far to say that 'YHWY' had evolved to become Jesus. 'Joshua' is certainly derived from 'YHWH'. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Reighnskye | 132704 | ||
Thanks, Tim. I thought that there was some interrelation there, but I'm not sure how far it went. Another similar name would be Elijah. When Jesus uttered the phrase "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", the bystanders nearby thought that He was uttering the name of Elijah and calling for him. - Reighnskye |
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