Quote Originally Posted by 40oz
Was Jesus the only one that had the name jesus back then?
not remotely. it was an EXTREMELY common name. Jesus and joshua is the same name. the transliteration "jesus" is from the greek which sounds like "E-A-sus". in hebrew, the name would be "ye-shu-A" and means "god saves". it would be as common a name as bob or something today.

oh, and his last name wasn't "christ" rather than last names, they were known as who their father was, i.e. "jesus, son of joseph", or where they came from "jesus of nazareth" which is where he grew up
bobbygreenbear Reviewed by bobbygreenbear on . biblical contradictions: hit me ok, so i hear over and over "there are tons of contradictions in the bible." there are myriads of websites that list apparent contradictions. i spent a couple years studying biblical greek and hebrew, and i'd like to see if i can take on some apparent contradictions. i believe the bible, in its original writings, is the inspired word of God. i believe jesus christ is my savior of my sins. i also know that there there are differences in the manuscripts we have today, so some of them must have Rating: 5