Re: [AUXLANG] We do but jest, poison in jest,

Cathy Whitlock wrote:
> Wasn't Jesus such a common name at that time that Jesus Christ was refferred
> to as "Jesus of Nazareth" as to distinguish Him from all the others?
It was a moderately common name, I think.  It was common to use an
additional "nickname", as with Judas Iscariot (my spell-checker
suggested Escargot for that!) or Simon Peter, or "Brian That is Called
Brian".  ;-)  Actually, Jesus probably didn't call himself that, it's
the Greek form of the name Yeshua (I think that's the spelling), or
Joshua, and his native language was Aramaic.

> course, you never see a Jewish person named Christopher/Christna
Well, of course, because the Jews are still waiting for the
Messiah/Christ, while we Christians believe he has come as Jesus of
Nazareth.

> but I think
> the trend of naming your child Jesus ended for the Jews when the belief that
> Jesus was the Messiah spread and became more popular in the early years of
> the Church. (Of course, I could be totally wrong)
I'm not sure, but I don't think that Yeshua became any less popular, or
at least not that much less popular.

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