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It might be one of the most famous names on Earth.But experts now say that ‘Jesus Christ’ might not be the name of Christianity’s central figure after all.
Scholars believe that ‘Jesus’ would have gone by a name in his own native language of Aramaic which is nothing like our modern version.
In fact, the name ‘Jesus’ even contains letters that weren’t used in written language until 1,500 years after his death.
Throughout Christianity’s 2,000-year history, Jesus’ original name has been obscured by layers of translation and transliteration.
Jesus’ name travelled a long-linguistic road from his own Aramaic into Hebrew, then to Greek and into Latin before it could ever receive an English translation in the 16th century.
Likewise, experts say that Jesus’ last name was definitely not ‘Christ’ but would have actually been based on his home town.
That means Jesus’ real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen.
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