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Summary
- Jesus and Joshua are the same name: Hebrew Yehoshua, later shortened to Yeshua, and written Iēsous in Greek.
- Moses gave the name to Oshea the son of Nun: “And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua” (Numbers 13:16).
- Nehemiah 8:17 calls Joshua by the short form, “Jeshua the son of Nun.”
- The King James New Testament calls Joshua “Jesus” in Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8, where modern translations print Joshua.
- The name means “the LORD saves” or “the LORD is salvation,” the very reason the angel gives in Matthew 1:21.
- Joshua was “the servant of the LORD” (Joshua 24:29), not the Son of God.
- Justin Martyr, Cyril of Jerusalem and Gregory of Nyssa read Joshua as a figure of Christ, from his name, his entry into the land and the Jordan crossing.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- The Holy Bible, King James Version, quoted from Bible Gateway: Exodus 23:21; Numbers 13:8, 13:16; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:1, 5:2, 24:29; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 8:17; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 3:1, 6:11; Matthew 1:21; Luke 3:29; Acts 7:45; Colossians 4:11; Hebrews 4:8–9. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 46:1 and 1 Maccabees 2:55 in the King James Version with Apocrypha, eBible.org. Sirach 46:1–2 from the Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition.
- Acts 7:45, Hebrews 4:8 and Luke 3:29 in the English Standard Version.
- Joshua 1 in the Septuagint, Greek text of Brenton’s edition, eBible.org.
- Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance: Yehoshua (3091), Yeshua (3442) and Hoshea (1954).
- Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Iēsous (2424).
- Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, chapters 75 and 113, tr. Marcus Dods and George Reith, Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 1, New Advent.
- Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 10, section 11, New Advent.
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Baptism of Christ, New Advent.
- Church of England, Articles of Religion, Article VI.
- Philaret of Moscow, The Longer Catechism of the Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church, questions 34–35.
- Catholic Encyclopedia, Ecclesiasticus, St. Justin Martyr and St. Cyril of Jerusalem, New Advent.
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