• mech@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    John is a biblical name.
    Do bible translations in these languages use those names?
    Cause in German it’s “Johannes”.

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      12 hours ago

      The English Bible itself is a translation. It didn’t say John in the originals.

      The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (pronounced [joχanan]), short for יהוחנן (pronounced [jehoχanan]), meaning “God was merciful”.

      It’s dependent on the translation what they decide to use.