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1 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | djconklin | 25814 | ||
Capitalizations are from the translators. In the Hebrew all you'd have are the consonants till the vowel pointing was put in to make what we now call the Masoretic text (MT). | ||||||
2 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | Ray | 25870 | ||
Hi djconklin, Capitalizations and also the lack of capitalization comes from the translators/interpreters. The Hebrew was in all CAPS so I have come to the realization that the interpreting is in the choosing of the lower case. In other words, I think that the burden of proof for capitalization change should be for the ones who put words in lower case. Let's look at Isa 7:14 here in this thread. The "Lord Himself" is honored by keeping Him capitalized. There is no reason not to and He is the jealous God who said, "I am the Lord your God... you shall have no other gods before Me." "A virgin will be with child": I think that it is important to the plan of God that this is a human birth mother and that Mary should not be Deified. The birth itself was a human birth for the virgin had conceived, she had become pregnant, she was "with child" as it was said back then. "and bear a son...:" Here the NASB is interpreting that Jesus was a man; the son of Mary yet please note that it reads "His" name. So it appears that they don't want to deny His Deity but want to make Him a man also. I don't believe that we should make Him into just a man. I believe that He is the Son of David, the Son of Man, and that this second Adam can be called a Man and be in the likeness of men but not need to be called a son. The Amplified version reads "and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us]." Here there isn't a confusing mixture of man and Deity but it doesn't point to the sign of God being with us. The sign is not only that the virgin is pregnant but that she will bear a Son whose name shall be called "God with us." It should also be pointed out that the NASB in Matthew 1:23 in the quote of this verse has it reading "And shall bear a Son." It could also be noted that Matthew 1:20 has been changed to "the Child which has been conceived in her" in the 1997 copyright. I would like to see "that" reconsidered. So the answer to the original question of this thread is Matthew 1:21, for "you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins." |
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3 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | djconklin | 25877 | ||
"The Hebrew was in all CAPS ..." Are you sure you're not thinking of the Greek? As far as I know the Hebrew consonants are only one size (very small! And the vowel pointing is even worse!). For a sample (and much blown up!) example of Hebrew see http://www.wts.edu/hebrew/index.html You read it from right to left the first letter (looks like our "W") would be an "S"; the next letter is an "M" and the last letter that looks like a "Y" is "ayin"--I don't have any of my books here so I can't help on the vowel pointing. |
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4 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | Ray | 25895 | ||
Hi djconklin, The bottom line is that the Greek and the Hebrew both leave it up to the reader for the capitalization. Does anyone care to offer up praise for the Son? John 8:23, "And He was saying to them, 'You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." You can read it he in the King James or He in the NASB but know that He is the great I am. Praise His name. |
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5 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | retxar | 25943 | ||
Or you can skip reading the italics in both and John 8:24 would read that Jesus simply said He was "I AM", which is what I think He meant and said. Jesus is the great I AM! retxar |
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6 | Why was Jesus named “Jesus”? | Is 7:14 | Ray | 26059 | ||
Hi retxar, You did well to observe the italics. I agree with your outcome and praise Him with you. There are some italics in John 8:28 also where it says, "Jesus therefore said, 'When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am *He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me." We can offer up the same praise again, don't you agree? However, there is one more place where it says "I am He" NASB, NKJ, and that is John 8:18. King James, John 8:18, "I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me." Notice the bad English as far as agreement in number. It relates back to the verse previous where the testimony of two men is true. Notice that the NKJ changes the word bear to bears to agree in number. John 8:18,"I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me." NASB, John 8:18, "I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me." So it tells me that I must decide for myself who this man is, is He one with the Father, and thus the Holy One, the Expected One, or is he not. How can we not capitalize this One whom we know. But knowing Him is the key for just as verse 19 says, "if you knew (Me) [Spirit], you would know My Father also." It was good being with you. Later, Ray |
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