Stop Calling Him โYeshua.โ
Thatโs Not His Name.
โThe irony is almost painful. The same people who insist on calling Jesus "Yeshua" because they want to be more authentic than ordinary Christians rarely stop to consider that the Apostles themselves lived, preached, wrote, and quoted Scripture in Greek. The New Testament is Greek. The churches were Greek-speaking. The Septuagint was the Bible of the early Church. Even the Jewish men walking beside Christ bore Greek names without embarrassment. Yet two thousand years later, a man with a shofar in the garage and a Hebrew Roots podcast subscription becomes convinced that he has uncovered a level of authenticity unavailable to Peter, Paul, Luke, John, and the congregations they planted. At some point, trying to be more Hebrew than the Apostles stops being reverence and starts becoming a theological hobby.
What makes the Matthew argument so difficult to escape is that Matthew repeatedly shows his work whenever preserving an original-language phrase actually matters. He gives his readers Raca. He gives them Mammon. He gives them Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani. In each case, the original words remain in the text precisely because Matthew wants the reader to know those specific words were spoken. Yet when the angel announces the name of the Messiah, Matthew suddenly abandons this practice entirely and gives us แผธฮทฯฮฟแฟฆฯ without qualification, explanation, or linguistic footnote. The simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Matthew preserved original-language expressions when he believed preserving them mattered. He did not do so with the name of Jesus because, for Matthew and the Church that received his Gospel, แผธฮทฯฮฟแฟฆฯ was not standing in for the real name. It was the real name.โ
Full trade:
Spurs: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin
Kings: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)
Bulls: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS
BREAKING: Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team trade that moves Chicago Bulls' Zach LaVine to the Kings, sources tell ESPN.
@joshua_drenth @James_HamNBA That says games played overall, not games started. Peja didn't start most of his first 2 seasons in Sac. Richmond is probably first on the list because he started every game
Fox has about 53 games before he ties JT for most games played in the Sac era
@KyleDraperTV if you like coffee, @stumptowncoffee should be open until 2pm on Thanksgiving in Portland. Went a few years ago and it's a chill place to hang out and some of the best coffee in the US
@LegendaryPace Sabonis did run into Looney again and Golden State was sent home in the play-in. The Kings are still an incomplete team and I would love to slide him to the 4, but there's not another center in the league I would take over him that fits the team unless it's Jokic
Kings play the Spurs tonight and CP3 has Sac coming out of West A of the #EmiratesNBACup. I'm not too confident Sac repeats the same success as last year, but it's nice to hear his opinion on how they've been playing
Republic FC is getting a new soccer stadium with an entertainment area. Sac State football is getting a new stadium. Sac State basketball could play in Golden 1 Center. A's playing in West Sac. Sacramento sports has experienced such a turnaround in sports over the past 15 years
@ArashMarkazi These are decently priced IMO, especially for a championship series. A farm to fork double cheeseburger and fries combo costs about $21 at Golden 1 Center. I think my wife's souvenir cup was $11