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HAPPY - The bible history helps us to understand and know the genealogy of Jesus Christ clearly,and the history stated that Jesus Christ is an Hebrew man, and in Hebrew there is no alphabet letter called J, how come we have our savior who is Hebrew man named Jesus,when in Hebrew alphabet has no J?
JOEL - Because His name wasn't really Jesus as we say it in English. The word that meant "Savior" was Yehoshua or Yeshua. In the Greek New Testament that name was transliterated into Hee-ay-sous, or, in English, "Jesus." When the angel announced to Joseph that Mary would bear a son, note what he said: "Thou shalt call his name Jesus [or Yeshua = Savior]: for he shall save the people from their sins." (Matt. 1:21)
Transliteration is the transfer of letter equivalents from one language to another, often involving a different alphabet for each language used (i.e. Aramaic to Greek, Greek to Latin, and then Latin to English).
So even though we and the New Testament call Him by His Greek name Jesus, his real name in his own Hebrew language is Yeshua which we would pronounce in English as Joshua. Christ is also a Greek word, but the Hebrew word for Christ is Messiah.
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