Lets be honest, Yoseph and Yeshua were both really super common names in that time and place.
Simple statistics alone say there was probably some guy in Nazereth who was a Yeshua Bar Yoseph.
Actually, statistically, there’d likely be more than one from the general area of nazareth. which incidentally is probably reason we know that yoseph was a carpenter. (“Yeshau bar yoseph.” …“Which one?”… “The carpenter’s boy.”)
As for the things he supposedly did and said… I imagine he’d be quite surprised.
Think of the most common names- those friends where there were like four or five of them. Daniels. Michaels, etc. Super common, right? now chances are a few of them probably had parents with the same name. just the way it works.
Lets be honest, Yoseph and Yeshua were both really super common names in that time and place.
Simple statistics alone say there was probably some guy in Nazereth who was a Yeshua Bar Yoseph.
Actually, statistically, there’d likely be more than one from the general area of nazareth. which incidentally is probably reason we know that yoseph was a carpenter. (“Yeshau bar yoseph.” …“Which one?”… “The carpenter’s boy.”)
As for the things he supposedly did and said… I imagine he’d be quite surprised.
Think of the most common names- those friends where there were like four or five of them. Daniels. Michaels, etc. Super common, right? now chances are a few of them probably had parents with the same name. just the way it works.