The New Testament was originally written in Greek. “Jesus” is an English rendering of the Greek name Iēsous, which is the Greek version of the Aramaic name Yeshua, which derived from the ancient Hebrew Yehoshua which is translated in the English Old Testament as “Joshua.”
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah also prophesied of the Messiah, “He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
Very often prophecies in the Bible have an immediate fulfillment and a prophetic fulfilment in another future time.
This prophecy had an initial fulfillment during Isaiah’s day, but it ultimately refers to the birth of Jesus, as we see in the gospel of Matthew.
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”
There are many “names” given to Jesus both in the Old and New Testaments.Immanuel is one of them.
Saying that Jesus would be called “Immanuel” means Jesus is God.
The phrase "God is with us" describes the nature of Jesus. He is God who has become a human. "God is with us" would not so much describe the exact nature of Jesus, but rather that God has been gracious to His people by sending His Messiah.
The angel is speaking Hebrew and in Hebrew the name is ישוע or יהושע which means God shall save, but are transliterated as Joshua or Jehoshua. But the story is recorded in Greek which gets transliterated to Ιησούς or Ιησούν depending on the case, which is transliterated into English as Jesus.
What does Jesus mean in Greek? God with thee. This is prefigured when Joshua is told, in Joshua 1:5, I will be with thee.
Some people have the argument that Jesus should have been called literally Immanuel but this is not how prophecy works.
'Emmanuel' means God is among us.
'Jesus' is the Greek for son of God.
Also the Greek word for God is “Zeus.” and 'Ies Zeus' became 'Ye-sus' became 'Jesus.’
The English word 'Jesus' is simply an evolved form of what name He was referred to by all those years ago.
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