JESUS
(Latin form derived from the Gr. “Iesous”, transcription of the Hebrew “Jeshua”, late form of “Jehoshua” or “Joshua”, that is, Joshua: “Jehovah is salvation”).
(a) The name of our Lord. See JESUS CHRIST.
(b) In the apocryphal books in the LXX, this name appears numerous times. The translator of Ecclesiasticus to Gr. It was Jesus the son of Sirach.
(c) Christian of Hebrew origin; he had the nickname Justo; he collaborated with Paul (Col. 4:11).
Aside from his references to Joshua (see JOSHUA) and Christ, the historian Josephus mentions twelve people who bore the name Jesus.