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JESUS , the Gr. form of the name Joshua or Jeshua, is employed as a designation of 1. Joshua the son of Nun (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of 1Ma 2:55 , 2Es 7:37 , Sir 46:1 , Acts 7:45 , Hebrews 4:8 , in all of which passages RV [Note: Revised Version.] has Joshua ). 2. Esther 5:11 Esther 5:11 = Jeshua of Ezra 2:6 and Nehemiah 7:11 . Nehemiah 7:3 . 1Es 5:24 = Jeshua of Ezra 2:36 and Nehemiah 7:39 . Nehemiah 7:4 . Jeshua (Joshua), the high priest ( 1Es 5:5; Esther 5:8 Esther 5:8; 1Es 5:48; 1Es 5:56; 1Es 5:68; 1Es 5:70; 1Es 6:2; Esther 9:19 Esther 9:19 , Sir 49:12 ). 5. A Levite ( 1Es 5:26; 1Es 5:58; 1Es 8:63; 1Es 9:48 ) who in Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 is called Jeshua. 6. An ancestor of our Lord ( Luke 3:29 RV [Note: Revised Version.] , where AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has Jose ). 7. Jesus, son of Sir 8:1-19 . Jesus called Justus , a Jewish Christian residing in Rome, saluted by St. Paul in Colossians 4:11 . Colossians 4:9 . See next article.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Jesus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​j/jesus.html. 1909.
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