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Old Zechariah was given ample time to ponder exactly what name he would bestow upon his son, and what that name would signify, And the name that Elisabeth spoke, IS the name that she spoke, And the name that Zechariah wrote, IS the name that he wrote, though many to this day, following the lying teachings of degenerate men, do willfully bear a false witness against the truth. But this prophets name is of less import than the Name of Him whom he preceded, these things may be obscured by lies and deceptions of this age, working in the children of disobedience, Whom have not the love of the truth, but time WILL come, and the truth will be made fully known to all men, everywhere. |
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So, please go back and try again, or leave us with the knowledge that you don't know what you are talking about. spin |
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Compare with Iasius
Greetings all,
There may also be a loose connection to a Greek mythic figure called Iasius (or Iasion or Jasion even.) The name may be based on Iaso, or healer. Some references may be found in my simple essay about Iasion here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~quentin...ty/iasion.html Quentin |
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heh, someone's trying to challenge spin's knowledge.
anyway, yahweh is the combination of yah and evoh, or so I heard. The male dominant aspect of the name is yah, which is just the name of the god. I didn't get this from Dan Brown, by the way. Also, there were many Jesus' in that time period, about 10 of them were contemporary of Christ (according to Josephus) that led revolts and fought the establishment etc... |
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Whilst we are on the subject of the significance/etymology of "Jesus", what about "Emmanuel"?
This name gets prophesized in Matthew 1:23, but never appears again in the New Testament. Is it just a variation of "Jesus", or is it a different name? |
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However, His given NAME was not, and never has been "Emmanuel", Therefore we do not call HIM, "Emmanuel" but His NAME IS "eem-nu-el". This is why... "there is NONE other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved". (Acts 4:12) No man will get it, unless he gets it, that is of the decree, "You shall surely put a difference between..." Lev 10:10 and Ezekiel 44:23, Beware of what you swallow, for there IS a distinction. Can you say "Shibboleth"? or will ignore all the warnings and pronounce "Sibboleth"? What difference does it make? this day is set before you life and death, choose life; For by your word shall you be justified, or by your word shall you be condemed, Declare now, ONE Name, that you might be fully justifed from all things. Sheshbazzar |
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The commonality of the name is a big point in its favor as the choice for a legendary hero. In legend and folklore, the main character is often given a common name so that the listener can more readily identify with them, rather than a unique name that would be strange or unfamiliar to the audience. It's hard for a modern reader, for example, to relate to a character with a name like Napoleon Dynamite (actually a character from a recent movie) than it is to relate to a John or a Jack (the name of the everyman hero on my new favorite show, LOST). In fact, John/Jack is a classic folklore name for a hero, at least in the western tradition--Jack and the Beanstalk (part of a long list of "Jack Tales"), the legend of Jack-o-lantern, Jack and Jill, Johnny Appleseed, Big John Henry, etc. So if Jesus were the John/Jack of the time, it would be a big plus for its choice for a legendary hero. --W@L |
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