The etymology of the name Jesus is generally explained by Christians as "God's salvation" usually expressed as "
Yahweh saves",
[33][34][35] "Yahweh is salvation"
[36][37] and at times as "
Jehovah is salvation".
[38] The name Jesus appears to have been in use in
Judaea at the time of the birth of Jesus.
[38][39] Philo's reference (
Mutatione Nominum item 121) indicates that the etymology of Joshua was known outside Judaea at the time.
[40]In the
New Testament, in
Luke 1:26-33 the angel Gabriel tells Mary to name her child Jesus, and in
Matthew 1:21 an angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus. The statement in Matthew 1:21 "you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" associates
salvific attributes to the name Jesus in Christian theology.
[41][42]"
Christ" (
/ˈkraɪst/) is derived from the
Greek Χριστός (
Khristós) meaning "
the anointed one", a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (
Māšîaḥ), usually transliterated into
English as
Messiah.
[43][44] In the
Septuagint version of the
Hebrew Bible (written well over a century before the time of Jesus), the word Christ was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew word
Māšîaḥ.
[45] In
Matthew 16:16,
Apostle Peter's profession: "You are the Christ" identifies Jesus as the Messiah.
[46] In post-biblical usage Christ became a name, one part of the name "Jesus Christ", but originally it was a title (the Messiah) and not a name.
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