Jesus is the Latinized version of the Hebrew name.
Remember the New Testament was written in Greek, not in Hebrew. When writing names, they used the Latin equivalents of the Hebrew spelling.
Jesus's hebrew name is Yashua. Who decided to call him Jesus? When was this decided? Why?
Yeshua was Christ's Hebrew name.
Reply:This is adpated from the entry for "Jesus" in the Online Etymology dictionary:
"Jesus" is from the Greek Iesous, which was an attempt to render the Aramaic proper name Jeshua (Heb. Yeshua), which means "Jah is salvation," a common Jewish personal name, and a later form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua).
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Reply:As the others who answered before me said, different languages use different names that mean the same thing. For example, John in English is Johann in German, and Juan in Spanish. Yet no one is bothered by that. The same should hold true for Y'shua/Jesus.
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