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Is Jesus called “Yahweh” in Jeremiah’s “Branch” prophesy?

Answered by . January 26, 2018 - 2:54 am

The question relates to Jeremiah 23:5-6 where the prophet makes a Messianic prophecy about a new descendant of David. In the Hebrew text the word for English ‘LORD’ is the divine name YHWH, usually transcribed ‘Yahweh’ or ‘Jehovah’:  5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King […]

Is there any biblical reason for calling Jesus “Yeshua”?

Answered by . May 18, 2017 - 4:30 am

There is no biblical instruction to refer to Jesus by the Aramaic or Hebrew pronunciation of his name. The New Testament is written in Greek and Jesus is always simply referred to as Ἰησοῦς  (Iēsous), the Greek spelling of Joshua from the Old Testament. In fact the name Jesus in the New Testament can refer to […]