Yeshua is the Hebrew name of the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim. (Matthew 16:16) While the Hebrew word מָשִׁיחַ Mashiach (Messiah) is equivalent to the Greek word Χριστός Christos (G5547) which means “to be anointed with oil” (Matthew 1-16; Matthew 27:17; Matthew 27:22; John 4:25). Yeshua and Jesus both mean “Yahweh is salvation,” because He saved His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21). Since Greek doesn’t have a direct way to render some Hebrew sounds, Yeshua became Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς) in Greek. The Greek Iēsous was transliterated into Latin as Iesus, since Latin also lacked the “sh” sound. In early English, “I” and “J” were used interchangeably. Over time, Iesus became Jesus. By the time English Bible translation matured (especially during the King James era), the name “Jesus” had already become firmly established in Christian tradition as a transliteration of the Greek Iēsous.
“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!” (Acts 4:12)
“And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross. Therefore Elohim also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Yeshua (Jesus) every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) is Lord, to the glory of Elohim the Father.” (Philippians 2:8-11)
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