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Many people today ask whether Jesus spoke God’s personal name—often represented as YHWH (sometimes rendered “Jehovah” or “Yahweh”). Some religious groups, primarily Jehovah’s Witnesses, say Jesus must have used it regularly and taught others to do the same. Others say there is no evidence he did.
This video brings together the historical, linguistic, and biblical evidence to show what we actually know, what we do not know, and why most scholars reach the conclusions they do.