Jesus in the ancient Greek???

The Greek origin of the name Jesus is far more fascinating than most people realize.
What we call Jesus in English comes from the Greek name Iēsous, which, as I’ll show, traces directly back to the Greek goddess Iaso, the ancient deity of healing and recovery.

In Greek mythology, Iaso was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. She represented recuperation from illness and the restoration of health. When the Greek name Iaso is given a masculine form, it becomes Iasus or Iēsous — precisely the same word that was later used to translate the Hebrew name Yeshua into Greek.

When we study the word Iēsous in classical Greek lexicons and tools such as the Perseus database, we find that Iēsous and Iaso share the same linguistic root. The connection is not accidental. The name Iēsous literally means “healer,” mirroring the role and title of Iaso herself.

In other words, Jesus — Iēsous — is the masculine form of the Greek goddess of healing. The name carries the same semantic field: healing, restoration, health, and recovery.

This means that when the New Testament was written in Greek, the name chosen to represent the figure of Jesus already bore the weight of this ancient meaning. The very sound of the name was associated with divine healing.

So while many think of Jesus as strictly a Hebrew or Aramaic name, its Greek form, Iēsous, is deeply rooted in the classical tradition. Linguistically, it aligns with Iaso — the spirit of healing.

The conclusion is simple but profound:
The Greek name Iēsous, translated as Jesus, directly parallels the name and function of the goddess Iaso. In the language of the New Testament, Jesus literally embodies the idea of divine healing.

That is what the name itself means and that’s what the Greek text reveals.