The Narrow Path Ministries

While a pastor in Twin Falls, ID, I preached a sermon on Jesus' name. I published it to my blog, as I had all my others. Years later, I was looking at my stats, and discovered I was getting a lot of hits on it. I've meant to put that topic into a book, so I have been working on it. V e r y slowly.

Here is the chapter on the meaning of Jesus' name. I welcome feedback. Especially anything factual like history. I had to bone up on the prophets, and 1st century Judaism to get at the heart of this, and I may have some of the details wrong.

TIA

http://www.jesusna.me/meaning-jesus-name/

The bottom line is that "Jesus", "ἰησους" (yāzous) in Greek, or Yeshua in transliteration of the Hebrew means "saviour" regardless of that from which people have been or are being saved.

Joshua (Yeshua), together with Moses, saved the Hebrews from the Egyptians, and after the death of Moses, led the Hebrews in the conquest of Canaan.