Jesus is not pagan. But it’s also not a direct translation of Yeshua. It’s the English form that developed from the Greek Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς), which itself is the standard Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yeshua. Greek didn’t have a ‘sh’ sound, so Yeshua became Iēsous, and later Latin made it Iesus. English eventually standardized it as Jesus. That’s linguistic evolution, not paganism.”
The name Jesus isn’t pagan at all. It’s simply the English form that came from the Greek Iēsous. Greek had no ‘sh’ sound, so Yeshua was adapted into the closest phonetic structure they had. Over time, Iēsous → Iesus → Jesus. That’s not pagan influence—it’s just how languages work.
The idea that ‘Jesus’ comes from Zeus isn’t supported by any linguistic or historical evidence. The Greek for Zeus is Zeus (Ζεύς). The Greek for Yeshua is Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς). Different letters, different sounds, different roots. The English name ‘Jesus’ is simply the later English spelling of that Greek form.
– Hebrew: Yeshua (ישוע)
– Greek (no “sh” sound): Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς)
– Latin: Iesus
– Early English: Iesu / Jhesu
– Modern English: Jesus
Nothing pagan in that chain—just phonetics and spelling shifts.
Chavurat Derekh HaMashiach 
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