Among the Jews of the Second Temple Period, the Biblical Aramaic/Hebrew name יֵוֹשֻׁשׁוּעַ Yeshua‘ was common: the Hebrew Bible mentions several individuals with this name. This name is a feature of biblical books written in the post-Exilic period (Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles) and was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Strong’s Concordance connects the name יֵוֹשֻׁשׁוּעַ Yeshua`, in the English form Jeshua (as used in multiple instances in Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles), with the verb “to save”. This comports with Matthew 1:21: “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (NASB)
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