Matthew 1:21

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins”

From Background Notes [BN] for December 3^rd/4^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The name “Jesus” is his proper name given to him at birth in accordance with the instructions of God’s angel. Based on the Hebrew language, this name means “Yahweh saves.”

This name corresponds to the name Joshua, the successor to Moses, who was Yahweh’s agent for bringing Israel to the Promised Land. A person with the same name was high priest to the Jewish people after their return from the exile (Zechariah 3; Haggai 1).[BN,3]

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