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[-] Tabooki@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

The name "Jesus" comes from the Greek Iēsous, which is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua (or sometimes the longer form, Yehoshua), meaning "Yahweh saves."

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

“Yahweh saves.”

... so Jesus is basically "God Saves" so "Jesus Saves" is just "God Saves Saves"?

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