Q: What was Jesus’ last name?A: In Jesus’ day, people didn’t have family names, as is common now in much of the world. Since He was presumed to be the son of Joseph the carpenter, His name would have been
Yeshua (Joshua)
bar Joseph in Aramaic or
Jesus Josephson according to an English translation.
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