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 JESUS "Jesus" is the English form of "Iesous" (yay-zoose), which is what Jesus is called in the Greek of the New Testament. This in turn is a version of the common Hebrew name "Ieshua". The Old Testament figure who is called "Joshua" in English has the same name as Jesus. The name means, "the Lord saves". According to the birth stories of Jesus in both Matthew and Luke, his parents were told to give him this name by an angel – because "he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). More definitions |
Picture: calligraphy from an Ethiopian Orthodox prayer book. |
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