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Why does the New Testament leave out Jesus name and use the word Christ instead?

I noticed last year reading the whole bible even in the KJV the word Christ is used and not Jesus name...or some will say he/she came to Christ or accepted Christ...I though about that and wondered why is Jesus name left out when that is the only name under heaven whereby we must be saved? Would Jesus name would have been Yeshua ben Yosef in his time?

Update:

I should reclarify...The New Testament does not leave out Jesus name of course! But randomly flipping the page it could just have the name "CHRIST".

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The KJV (for the most part) was translating off of manuscripts written in Greek. Or from Latin transcripts which were translated from Greek texts. All that means, to say Messiah, it was the word Christos in Greek. That gets written in English as Christ because there was no better word in Greek comparable to Messiah. A Messiah is much more than "an/the anointed one" which is the most Christos means. As for Jesus' name, I found it 983 times in the KJV, New Testament. Christ is listed 571 times. Would Jesus name be Yeshua ben Yosef in his time? Sort of. If they were speaking mostly Aramaic (which many Bible scholars think, and many others do not agree happened). The was known as the son of Yosef, that is, Miriam's (Mary's) husband. Those who did not know or understand Jesus as God's (only) begotten Son would have known him as Yosef's son which Hebraically is (yes) ben Yosef. It could not have been Jesus ben Yosef as there was no J sound in either Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic. If he was known by a Hebrew name instead of the Aramaic form of Yeshua (most likely) Jesus's name would have had to have begun with a Yah, most likely, Yahusha in order for it to mean what God commanded Miriam (Mary) to name him.

    Not all recognized Jesus as "the Christ" whether we say it in English, Greek, or Hebrew (Messiah). It would be inappropriate for all mentions of Messiah to be recorded in every instance as "Christ" because that's not always the context.

  • 1 decade ago

    *** it-1 p. 438 Christ ***

    The use of the article “the” with the title (“the Christ”) is another way attention is sometimes drawn to the office as held by Jesus. (Mt 16:16; Mr 14:61) The grammatical structure of the sentence, however, may be a factor determining whether the article is used or not, for says W. E. Vine: “Speaking generally, when the title [Christ] is the subject of a sentence it has the article; when it forms part of the predicate the article is absent.”—Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1981, Vol. 1, p. 190.

    In the Scriptures titles are never multiplied before or after Jesus’ name; but if one title precedes the personal name, then any other title is added only after the name. We never find a combination like the Lord Christ Jesus or the King Christ Jesus, but we do find the Lord Jesus Christ. The expression “our Savior, Christ Jesus,” at 2 Timothy 1:10, in the Greek text has the expression “of us” between “Savior” and “Christ” to identify who the Savior is, in keeping with the expression “Christ Jesus our Savior [literally, “Christ Jesus the Savior of us”].” (Tit 1:4) In the text at 1 Timothy 2:5 mention is made of “a man, Christ Jesus” as the Mediator, but “a man” is not a title. The expression only explains that Christ Jesus was at one time a man on earth.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Emphasis

    Jesus - The Man

    Christ - God

    So When the bible uses Jesus Christ they are emphasizing The MAN God

    When it uses Christ Jesus it is emphasizing the GOD man

    and when it uses Jesus or Christ by itself it is focusing on that aspect

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    (Jesus)

    occurs 1490 times in 1404 verses in the NLT

    Page 1 / 57 inexact matches (Mat 1:1 - Mat 8:3)

    Copy and paste form a search of Blue Letter Bible.org. Jesus name appears 1490 times.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Dear Friend,

    Jesus' name is used, but the word "Christ." Jesus is...the CHRIST which means, (Christos) khris-tos', the anointed One. The Messiah.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I read the NAB and it uses Jesus more. Christ is a title meaning anointed one.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    "in basic terms have self belief in Jesus' dying and shed blood on the pass to pay on your sins, and you're saved constantly. as quickly as saved, consistently saved. No works are in touch, no stable deeds, no averting adultery, stealing, and so on. None of that gets you an inch nearer to heaven, as a results of fact the only charge for sins is the blood of Jesus Christ, by which he offered the church of God" AHH!, you concept i does no longer examine it? that's no longer real! Jesus Christ suggested "in case you adore me, you may shop my commandments" faith without Works is lifeless. do no longer misrepresent the Bible like that. there will be no sinners in Heaven.

  • sdn
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Jesus name is not left out of the NT

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    When we die Jesus Christ will roast our souls and eat them.

  • 1 decade ago

    jesus is used in the new testament

    christ is the term for messiah

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