Pilgrim,<br>Jesus is NOT the English translation from Greek of Christ' name. The name Jesus is a Latinized Greek translation of Joshua (a corruption of the Hebrew Yahshua). <br><br>Joshua, the author of The Book of Joshua, in the Old Testament and Christ were given precisely the same name.<br><br>As far as translating Matt. 1:21, the name of the Messiah does NOT translate from Greek into English as Jesus. My personal preference is to have left it Yahshua, if not that, then Joshua.<br><br>The name Jesus is a creation of someone, and a bad one at that.