Numbers 13:16 (WEB)
These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“In the course of the appointing of a successor to Moses, Oshea the son of Nun is certainly transferred from his pristine name, and begins to be called Jesus.” — editor's note: Jehoshua, Joshua, Jeshua, Jesus, are all forms of the same name. But the change from Oshea or Hoshea to Jehoshua appears to have been made when he was sent to…
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“His successor, therefore, who had not hitherto borne the name Jesus, but had been called by another name, Auses, which had been given him by his parents, he now called Jesus, bestowing the name upon him as a gift of honor, far greater than any kingly diadem.” — editor's note: A few mss., followed by Laemmer and Heinichen, read here Ναυῇ, but the best mss. followed by the majority of editors read ᾽Αυσῇ, which is a corruption of the…
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Justin Martyr
“Now understand that He who led your fathers into the land is called by this name Jesus, and first called Auses (Oshea).” — editor's note: [Num. xiii. 16.]
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 75.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 75.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 75.