Advance English Bible

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StanJ

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#101
#101
BeyondET said:
Hahaha I'm no mind reader but I have been to that site and read that exact thing months ago, I should have been more clarifying sorry.

Yea your right, "Jesus Nazarene" sounds much better,, jk

The Syriac has it as Bar Abas
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Bar in Hebrew is an honourific similar to San in Japanese. Joseph Smith in Japanese would be Smith-san where as in Hebrew it would be bar-Joseph.
These unique linguistic styles are not translated into the source language in normal translations.
 
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BeyondET

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StanJ said:
Bar in Hebrew is an honourific similar to San in Japanese. Joseph Smith in Japanese would be Smith-san where as in Hebrew it would be bar-Joseph.
These unique linguistic styles are not translated into the source language in normal translations.
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From what I've learned, "Bar" is Aramaic, "Ben" is the Hebrew equalvalent. Meaning "son of"
 
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