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By Mary Fairchild, About.com Guide to Christianity since 2005

Who Should We Worship - Jesus or Yeshua?

Friday September 12, 2008
A reader asks:
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    Jewish people say that our Lord Jesus' real Hebrew name is Yeshua. If it is true, then why are people worshiping him in the wrong name?

The reader is not the first person to ask this question. Some religious movements have argued that we worship the wrong Savior if we do not call him by his Hebrew name, Yeshua.

Learn the meaning of the Hebrew word "Yeshua" and why he is called "Jesus" in English:

• Read: Why Do We Call Him Jesus if His Name is Yeshua?

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