Question 244: What is the meaning of the name Yeshua?

Answer:

The name "Yeshua" is the name by which the Saviour is preferably known in the Gospels. "Moshiach" is used as a proper name in the Epistles, but in the Gospels, except in rare instances, such as Matthew 1:1; Mark 1:1; Luke 2:11; John 1:17 there is found not the familiar "Moshiach" but "The Moshiach." The later combination of the two names, "Yeshua Moshiach," is found only in John (John 17:3) and after the resurrection (Acts 2:38, 3:6). "Yeshua" is the Greek form of the Hebrew name "Yeshua." "Yeshua" means Deliverer and the divine selection of the name is indicated in Matthew 1:21 - "He shall save His people from their sins." “Moshiach” in Hebrew is Mashiach and “the Moshiach” is HaMashiach