Jesus is one of the most important names in history, which actually means name Jesus? To answer this question we must go to the origin of this name, namely, the Holy Scriptures. When it was first mentioned in it name Jesus?
Memory Hebrew and the Aramaic masculine name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yochua, Joshua) can already be found in Old Testament. In most languages, including Polish, name this occurs in the form "Joshua". Name that was given by the man himself Moses in the Old Testament to Hosea, the chosen one who was born into slavery in Egypt, and it was to him as judge of the chosen people after death Moses was entrusted with leading the Israelites to Promised Land. Joshua is a clear announcement of the coming of the world Messiah, which as in Old Testament Hosea, in the future will lead people to better, will guide, will lead the way to salvation and eternal life in the kingdom of heaven - eternal and imperishable Promised Land.
Name Yoshua is an abbreviated transcription of a phrase that says Yahveh is salvation. In later times name this was given to boys in Israel, but it was not a common practice. The prophets of of the Old Testamentwho announced arrival great MessiahThey also did not use this name directly, but used various metaphors and literary figurations such as Prince of Peace, Emmanuel, Savior.
New Testament, especially the one translated into Greek (Septuagint), presents name Joshua in another rendering as Ἰησοῦς ("Iesous"). It is this version, which differs from that which appeared in Old TestamentJoshua" is a common name in Christianity for the Son of God. In Latin it sounds very much like the Greek, or "lesus.
At what point and under what circumstances was the first time in Scripture came up name "Jesus"? This information is given in Bibles w Matthew's Gospel and Luke. It is interesting to note that the versions Evangelists on the first appearance of this name differ. The first one, Saint Matthew he wrote that name These were dictated to Joseph in a dream by an angel. Joseph He was plagued by doubts because he feared a massive moral scandal when he was Mary She was pregnant, which involved scandal and cursing by the people. One night he dreamt of an angel who convinced him to stay with the Virgin Mary, saying that a son would be born to him, whom he would name name Jesus and who will save the world from sin. St. Luke, on the other hand, asserted in his writing that name Jesus was dictated to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel at the time of the Annunciation, when he told her that she would conceive and bear a Son, whom she would name name Jesus.
Apologia for the name Jesus was concluded by the Apostle St. Paul's Cathedral to the Epistle to the Philippians, in which he records that Jesus is a name above all other names, and at the hearing of that name, everyone is to fall on his knee and worship and praise him.
