Jesus

JESUS je'-zus (Iesous, for yehoshua`):

(1) Joshua, son of Nun (the King James Version Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8; compare 1 Macc 2:55; 2 Esdras 7:37).

(2) (3) High priest and Levite.

See JESHUA, 2, 5.

(4) Son of Sirach.

See SIRACH.

(5) An ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:29, the King James Version "Jose").

(6) (7) See the next three articles.

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JESUS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.