Dearest Branka
Some say he was an ordinary man in the right place at the right to become the Holy man as we know him but please remember that Christ was not his real last name:
"Jesus" was a common name at the time, because "Jesus" is just "Joshua"
in a different language. (YehoSHUa in Hebrew, Y'shua in Aramaic,
Yeysous in Greek, Yesu in Latin--Jesus in English.) It was so common
that you'd have to distinguish one Jesus from another. Inside Nazareth,
where He grew up, he would be called "Jesus Josephson" or "the
carpenter's son" or, later, "the carpenter." Outside of Nazareth they
would call him Jesus of Nazareth. They didn't have "last names" like we
have. The closest they came to it would be the Swedish and Slavic
practice of calling you the son of (your father's first name). I live
in Eastern Europe and most people just call me Roger Johnson--they
don't even know my last name, or use it except on official or formal
occasions.
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