Why do we call Jesus, "Jesus"?

[roseproject]

During His life, He was referred to as “Yeshua”. I know “Jesus” is a form of “Yeshua”, but still, why do we refer to Him by this name?

Thanks in advance

 

[Rhubarb]

If memory serves, “Jesus” is a Latinization of the Greek form of the Aramaic name.

 

[Karen107]

I believe Jesus is a derivative of Joseph.(Joseph and the Dream?)… Joseph, Joshua a form of YHWH (Jehovah for those who can’t pronounce YHWH… Yeshua… Jesus… But the angels said to call Him Emanuel…(God with us)… Jesus always has been with us you know??

 

[GangGreen]

If memory serves, “Jesus” is a Latinization of the Greek form of the Aramaic name.

This one. Iesus → Jesus.

 

[GEddie]

Hebrew Yeshua; Greek Iessous; Latin Iesvs; English, Jesus

 

[jmcrae]

During His life, He was referred to as “Yeshua”.

How do we “know” that?

In any case, as English-speaking people, it is perfectly appropriate for us to call Him by His English name - Jesus.

 

[George_Stegmeir]

As someone before me, Jesus is the Latin translation of the Aramaic/Hebrew name Yeshua, which was a fairly common (not rare) man’s name in the Palestine of the First Century BC/AD.
It is just like Joseph is the English version of the German Josef or the Spanish Jose, and Charles is English for Karl in German and Carlos in Spanish.

 

[GEddie]

Also, Yeshua is the contraction of Yehoshua or Joshua.

Our LORD is the second Joshua, who leads though the darkness of death (the sign of Jonah) to the Life Everlasting.

ICXC NIKA

 

[DaveBj]

In the earliest days of the Anglicization of Christianity, an Englishman would have looked at the word “Jesus,” and what would have some out of his mouth would have sounded very similar to the Greek/Latin versions. The “Dzhee-zus” pronunciation developed considerably later.

 

[L_days]

jesus name in heaven is jehova, I dont know you called it that. in the heaven is know as god all minty, the great jehova!

 

[WitnessSpouse]

This question is often raised by the neophyte Jehovah’s Witness who is arguing about the pronunciation of the ‘Sacred Name’. When it is argued that we refer to the Name as Yahweh, as that is the closest pronunciation surviving, we told that ‘Jehovah’ is the translation into our language. After all, we refer to Jesus by his name in our language rather than by Yeshua?

The argument is semantics, as Jesus tells us to call him Father!