The following are early church father quotes, on the fact that Yahusha` [Jesus] ben YHWH [Yahuweh, Jehovah] had the same name as Yahusha` ben Nun [Joshua ben Nun], who was the shadow of Yahusha` ben YHWH. Yet, they refer to Yahusha` ben Nun as Joshua and Yahusha` ben YHWH as Jesus, transliterating one as Joshua and the other as Jesus. For further explanation, see the Name of the Son of YHWH study.

Barnabas

Barnabas is believed to be an Alexandrian Jew, during the time of the Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. He was also called Barnabas the Levite. It is speculated that this epistle was written around 100 CE. The Epistle of Barnabas was used in the early Church, but with the standardizing of the canon, around 200 CE, it was not included.

Epistle of Barnabas

XII, 10-20

" '(10) And they did so. You have in this also [an indication of] the glory of Jesus; for in him and to him are all things.(11) What, again, says Moses to Jesus (Joshua) the son of Nave, when he gave him(12) this name, as being a prophet, with this view only, that all the people might hear that the Father would reveal all things concerning His son Jesus to the son(13) of Nave? This name then being given him when he sent him to spy out the land, he said, 'Take a book into your hands, and write what the Lord declares, that the Son of God will in the last days cut off from the roots all the house of Amalek.'(14) Behold again: Jesus who was manifested, both by type and in the flesh,(15) is not the Son of man, but the Son of God. Since, therefore, they were to say that Christ was the son(16) of David, fearing and understanding the error of the wicked, he says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.' "(17) And again, so says Isaiah, "The Lord said to Christ,(18) my Lord, whose right hand I have seen,(19) that the nations should yield obedience before Him; and I will break in pieces the strength of kings." (20) Look how David calls Him Lord and the Son of God.' "

Irenaeus

Irenaeus lived from 120-202 CE.

Fragments XIX.

" 'Take to you Joshua the son of Nun.' (9) For it was proper that Moses should lead the people out of Egypt, but that Jesus (Joshua) should lead them into the inheritance. Also that Moses, as was the case with the law, should cease to be, but that Joshua (Ihsoun), as the word, and no untrue type of the Word made flesh should be a preacher to the people.' ”

Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr lived from about 110-165 CE. He was born in the city of Flavius Neopolis, the modern Nabulus, the territory of Shomron [Samaria], near Yaaqob’s Well.

CHAP. LXXV.--IT IS PROVED THAT JESUS WAS THE NAME OF GOD IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS.

" 'Moreover, in the book of Exodus we have also perceived that the name of God Himself which, He says, was not revealed to Abraham or to Jacob, was Jesus, and was declared mysteriously through Moses. Thus it is written: "And the Lord spoke to Moses, Say to this people, 'Look, I send My angel before thy face, to keep you in the way, to bring you into the land which I have prepared for you. Give heed to Him, and obey Him; do not disobey Him. For He will not draw back from you; for My name is in Him.' " (4) Now understand that He who led your fathers into the land is called by this name Jesus, and first called Auses(5)(Oshea). For if you shall understand this, you shall likewise perceive that the name of Him who said to Moses, "for My name is in Him," was Jesus. For, indeed, He was also called Israel, and Jacob's name was changed to this also. Now Isaiah shows that those prophets who are sent to publish tidings from God are called His angels and apostles. For Isaiah says in a certain place, "Send me."(6) And that the prophet whose name was changed, Jesus [Joshua], was strong and great, is manifest to all. If, then, we know that God revealed Himself in so many forms to Abraham, and to Jacob, and to Moses, how are we at a loss, and do not believe that, according to the will of the Father of all things, it was possible for Him to be born man of the Virgin, especially after we have such (7) Scriptures, from which it can be plainly perceived that He became so according to the will of the Father?' ”

CHAP. XCI.--THE CROSS WAS FORETOLD IN THE BLESSINGS OF JOSEPH, AND IN THE SERPENT THAT WAS LIFTED UP

(3…) “ 'But the same figure is revealed for the destruction and condemnation of the unbelievers; even as Amalek was defeated and Israel victorious when the people came out of Egypt, by means of the type of the stretching out of Moses' hands, and the name of Jesus (Joshua), by which the son of Nave (Nun) was called. And it seems that the type and sign, which was erected to counteract the serpents which bit Israel, was intended for the salvation of those who believe that death was declared to come thereafter on the serpent through Him that would be crucified, but salvation to those who had been bitten by him and had betaken themselves to Him that sent His Son into the world to be crucified.(4) For the spirit of prophecy by Moses did not teach us to believe in the serpent, since it shows us that he was cursed by God from the beginning; and in Isaiah tells us that he shall be put to death as an enemy by the mighty sword, which is Christ.' ”

CHAP. CXIII. --JOSHUA WAS A FIGURE OF CHRIST.

" 'What I mean is this. Jesus (Joshua), as I have now frequently remarked, who was called Oshea, when he was sent to spy out the land of Canaan, was named by Moses Jesus (Joshua). Why he did this you neither ask, nor are at a loss about it, nor make strict inquiries. Therefore Christ has escaped your notice; and though you read, you understand not; and even now, though you hear that Jesus is our Christ, you consider not that the name was bestowed on Him not purposelessly nor by chance. But you make a theological discussion as to why one ' a' was added to Abraham's first name; and as to why one 'p' was added to Sarah's name, you use similar high-sounding disputations.(3) But why do you not similarly investigate the reason why the name of Oshea the son of Nave (Nun), which his father gave him, was changed to Jesus (Joshua)? But since not only was his name altered, but he was also appointed successor to Moses, being the only one of his contemporaries who came out from Egypt, he led the surviving people into the Holy Land; and as he, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land, and as he distributed it by lot to those who entered along with him, so also Jesus the Christ will turn again the dispersion of the people, and will distribute the good land to each one, though not in the same manner. For the former gave them a temporary inheritance, seeing he was neither Christ who is God, nor the Son of God; but the latter, after the holy resurrection,(4) shall give us the eternal possession. The former, after he had been named Jesus (Joshua), and after he had received strength from. His spirit, caused the sun to stand still. For I have proved that it was Jesus who appeared to and conversed with Moses, and Abraham, and all the other patriarchs without exception, ministering to the will of the Father; who also, I say, came to be born man by the virgin Mary, and I say lives for ever. For the latter is He after(5) whom and by whom the Father will renew both the heaven and the earth; this is He who will shine an eternal light in Jerusalem; this is he who is the king of Salem after the order of Melchizedek, and the eternal Priest of the Most High.' ”

CHAP. CXV.--PREDICTION ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS IN ZECHARIAH. THE MALIGNANT WAY WHICH THE JEWS HAVE IN DISPUTATIONS.

" 'But you ought to believe Zechariah when he shows in parable the mystery of Christ, and announces it obscurely. The following are his words: "Rejoice, and be glad, daughter of Zion: for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord. And many nations shall be added to the Lord in that day. And they will be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of you; and they will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And the Lord will inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and He will choose Jerusalem again." Let all flesh fear before the Lord, for He is raised up out of His holy clouds. And He showed me Jesus (Joshua) the high priest standing before the angel [of the Lord (7)]; and the devil stood at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to the devil, "The Lord who hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke you. Look, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" (8) As Trypho was about to reply and contradict me, I said, "Wait and hear what I say first: for I am not to give the explanation which you suppose, as if there had been no priest of the name of Joshua (Jesus) in the land of Babylon, where your nation were prisoners. But even if I did, I have shown that if there(9) was a priest named Joshua (Jesus) in your nation, yet the prophet had not seen him in his revelation, just as he had not seen either the devil or the angel of the Lord by eyesight, and in his waking condition, but in a trance, at the time when the revelation was made to him.(10) But I now say, that as [Scripture] said that the Son of Nave (Nun) by the name Jesus (Joshua) wrought powerful works and exploits which proclaimed beforehand what would be performed by our Lord; so I proceed now to show that the revelation made among your people in Babylon in the days of Jesus (Joshua) the priest, was an announcement of the things to be accomplished by our Priest, who is God, and Christ the Son of God the Father of all."

"Indeed, I wondered," continued I, "why a little ago you kept silence while I was speaking, and why you did not interrupt me when I said that the son of Nave (Nun) was the only one of contemporaries who came out of Egypt that entered the Holy Land along with the men described as younger than that generation. For you swarm and light on sores like flies. For though one should speak ten thousand words well, if there happen to be one little word displeasing to you, because not sufficiently intelligible or accurate, you make no account of the many good words, but lay hold of the little word, and are very zealous in setting it up as something impious and guilty; in order that, when you are judged with the very same judgment by God, you may have a much heavier account to render for your great audacities, whether evil actions, or bad interpretations which you obtain by falsifying the truth. For with what judgment you judge, it is righteous that you be judged withal.” ' "

Tertullian

Tertullian lived from 145-220 CE.

Book I Apologetic

An Answer to the Jews

CHAP.IX.--OF THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIRTH AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHRIST

" 'But if the Christ,' " say they, 'who is believed to be coming is not called Jesus, why is he who is come called Jesus Christ?' Well, each name will meet in the Christ of God, in whom is found likewise the appellation(5) Jesus. Learn the habitual character of your error. In the course of the appointing of a successor to Moses, Oshea (6) the son of Nun (7) is certainly transferred from his pristine name, and begins to be called Jesus. (8) Certainly, you say. This we first assert to have been a figure of the future. For, because Jesus Christ was to introduce the second people (which is composed of us nations, lingering deserted in the world (9) aforetime) into the land of promise, "flowing with milk and honey" (10) (that is, into the possession of eternal life, than which nought is sweeter); and this had to come about, not through Moses (that is, not through the Law's discipline), but through Joshua (that is, through the new law's grace), after our circumcision with "a knife of rock" (11) (that is, with Christ's precepts, for Christ is in many ways and figures predicted as a rock (12)); therefore the man who was being prepared to act as images of this sacrament was inaugurated under the figure of the Lord's name, even so as to be named Jesus. (13) For He who ever spoke to Moses was the Son of God Himself; who, too, was always seen. (14) For God the Father none ever saw, and lived. (15) And accordingly it is agreed that the Son of God Himself spoke to Moses, and said to the people, "Look, I send my angel before you" - that is, the people's - "face, to guard you on the march, and to introduce you into the land which I have prepared you: attend to him, and be not disobedient to him; for he has not escaped (16) your notice, since my name is on him." (17) For Joshua was to introduce the people into the land of promise, not Moses. Now He called him an "angel," on account of the magnitude of the mighty deeds which he was to achieve (which mighty deeds Joshua the son of Nun did, and you yourselves read), and on account of his office of prophet announcing (to wit) the divine will; just as withal the spirit, speaking in the person of the Father, calls the forerunner of Christ, John, a future "angel," through the prophet: "Look, I send my angel before you" - that is, Christ' - "face, who will prepare your way before you." (18) Nor is it a novel practice to the Holy Spirit to call those "angels" whom God has appointed as ministers of His power. For the same John is called not merely an "angel" of Christ, but withal a "lamp" shining before Christ: for David predicts, "I have prepared the lamp for my Christ;"(19) and him Christ Himself, coming "to fulfill the prophets," (20) called so to the Jews. "He was," He says, "the burning and shining lamp;" (21) as being he who not merely "prepared His ways in the desert," (22) but withal, by pointing out "the Lamb of God," (23) illumined the minds of men by his heralding, so that they understood Him to be that Lamb whom Moses was wont to announce as destined to suffer. Thus, too, (was the son of Nun called) JOSHUA, on account of the future mystery (1) of his name: for that name (He who spoke with Moses) confirmed as His own which Himself had conferred on him, because He bid him thenceforth be called, not "angel" nor "Oshea," but "Joshua." Thus, therefore, each name is appropriate to the Christ of God - that He should be called Jesus as well (as Christ).' ”

Book II Anti-Marcion

CHAP. VII.--PROPHECY SETS FORTH TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF CHRIST, ONE LOWLY, THE OTHER MAJESTIC. THIS FACT POINTS TO TWO ADVENTS OF CHRIST.

“ 'So also in Zechariah, Christ Jesus, the true High Priest of the Father, in the person of Joshua, nay, in the very mystery of His name, (3) is portrayed in a twofold dress with reference to both His advents. At first He is clad in sordid garments, that is to say, in the lowliness of suffering and mortal flesh: then the devil resisted Him, as the instigator of the traitor Judas, not to mention his tempting Him after His baptism: afterwards He was stripped of His first filthy raiment, and adorned with the priestly robe (4) and mitre, and a pure diadem; (5) in other words, with the glory and honor of His second advent. (6) If I may offer, moreover, an interpretation of the two goats which were presented on "the great day of atonement," (7) do they not also figure the two natures of Christ? They were of like size, and very similar in appearance, owing to the Lord's identity of aspect; because He is not to come in any other form, having to be recognized by those by whom He was also wounded and pierced. One of these goats was bound (8) with scarlet, (9) and driven by the people out of the camp (10) into the wilderness, (11) amid cursing, and spitting, and pulling, and piercing, (12) being thus marked with all the signs of the Lord's own passion; while the other, by being offered up for sins, and given to the priests of the temple for meat, afforded proofs of His second appearance, when (after all sins have been expiated) the priests of the spiritual temple, that is, the church, are to enjoy the flesh, as it were, (13) of the Lord's own grace, whilst the residue go away from salvation without tasting it.(14) Since, therefore, the first advent was prophetically declared both as most obscure in its types, and as deformed with every kind of indignity, but the second as glorious and altogether worthy of God, they would on this very account, while confining their regards to that which they were easily able both to understand and to believe, even the second advent, be not undeservedly deceived respecting the more obscure, and, at any rate, the more lowly first coming. Accordingly, to this day they deny that their Christ has come, because He has not appeared in majesty, while they ignore the fact that He was to come also in lowliness.' ”