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    Why was “Yeshua” translated to “Jesus”?

    So I understand that Jesus was originally called Yeshua..and I was always a bit confused in general why names change so drastically in different translations? I know that the Hebrew language didn’t have a typical “J” sound..but so what? If that’s how Jesus was called then why wouldn’t he still...
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    Trying to reconcile Jacob’s age in Genesis..

    Someone told me that the chronology in the Bible showed that Jacob was apparently in his 70’s when he was blessed by Isaac and in his 80’s when he got married. I didn’t believe it but when I looked into it, pretty much every source that put a number on his age said the same thing based on the...