But according to the Aramaic language which Christ and his apostles spoke, his name was pronounced “Yeshuʹa” (the a representing a gutteral ending).

But “Jesus” is only our colloquial way of pronouncing his name, and we do not find fault with you for using it instead of Yeshuʹa.

This particular ossuary bears the inscription: “Miriam daughter of Yeshua son of Caiaphas, priest of Maʹaziah from Beth ʹImri.”

Interestingly, the Hebrew form of “Jesus” is “Jehoshuah,” which is an abbreviated form of “Jehovah-yeshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation.”

It was more like Yeshuʹa, or Ye–hoʹshu·a.

And yet these commonly used pronunciations are quite different from the Hebrew pronunciations “Yeshʹua” and “Yirm^eiahʹ.”