Posted on 02/02/2017 7:45:15 AM PST by Salvation
There are many, many different titles of Christ in both the New and Old Testaments. If one studies them carefully, they can provide a “mini-catechesis” of the Lord Jesus.
Presented below are more than 150 different titles of Christ. For each title, I have included a link to the Scripture from which it was drawn. The list was compiled from various sources, but most come from The Catholic Source Book, which was compiled and edited by Fr. Peter Klein. In addition, some years ago my readers helped me to expand the list to its current state.
I have placed the list in PDF format here, in case you’d like to save it for future reference.
Titles of Jesus Christ in Scripture:
Advocate – 1 John 2:1
Alpha and Omega – Revelation 1:8; 22:13
The Almighty – Revelation 1:8
Amen – Revelation 3:14
Ancient of Days – Daniel 7:22
Apostle and High Priest of our Confession – Hebrews 3:1
Arm of the Lord –Isaiah 53:1
Author and Finisher of our Faith – Hebrews 12:2
Beloved – Matthew 12:18
Beloved Son – Colossians 1:13
Bread of Life – John 6:35
Living Bread – John 6:51
Bridegroom – John 3:29
Bright Morning Star – Revelation 22:16
Brother – Matthew 12:50
Captain of Our Salvation – Hebrews 2:10
Carpenter – Mark 6:3
Carpenter’s Son – Matthew 13:55
Chief Shepherd – 1 Peter 5:4
Chosen One – Luke 23:35
Christ – Matthew 16:20
Christ Jesus – 1 Timothy 1:15; Colossians 1:1
Christ of God – Luke 9:20
Christ the Lord – Luke 2:11
Christ Who Is Above All – Romans 9:5
Consolation of Israel – Luke 2:25
Chief Cornerstone – Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6
Dayspring – Luke 1:78
Deliverer – Romans 11:26
Deliverer from the Wrath to Come – 1 Thessalonians 1:10
The Desire of All Nations – Haggai 2:7
Eldest of Many Brothers – Romans 8:29
Emmanuel – Matthew 1:23
Faithful and True Witness – Revelation 1:5; 3:14
Father Forever – Isaiah 9:6
First and Last – Revelation 1:17; 2:8
Firstborn Among Many Brothers – Romans 8:29
Firstborn from the Dead – Revelation 1:5
Firstborn of All Creation – Colossians 1:15
First Fruits – 1 Corinthians 15:20
Friend of Tax Collectors and Sinners – Matthew 11:19
Gate of the Sheepfold – John 10:7
Glory – Luke 2:32
Good Shepherd – John 10:11; 14
Grain of Wheat – John 12:24
Great Shepherd of the Sheep – Hebrews 13:20
Head – Ephesians 4:15
Head of the Church – Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22
Hidden Manna – Revelation 2:17
High Priest – Hebrews 3:1; 4:14; 7:26
He Who Holds of the Keys of David – Revelation 3:7
He Who Is Coming Amid the Clouds – Revelation 1:7
Heir of all things – Hebrews 1:2
Holy One – Acts 2:27
Holy One of God – Mark 1:24
Holy Servant – Acts 4:27
Hope – 1 Timothy 1:1
Horn of Salvation – Luke 1:69
I Am – John 8:58
Image of the Invisible God – 2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15
Indescribable Gift – 2 Corinthians 9:15
Intercessor – Hebrews 7:25
Jesus – Matthew 1:21
Jesus the Nazarene – John 18:5
Judge of the World – 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42
Just One – Acts 7:52
Just Judge – 2 Timothy 4:8
King – Matthew 21:5
King of Israel – John 1:49
King of Kings – Revelation 17:14; 19:16; 1 Timothy 6:15
King of Nations – Revelation 15:3
King of the Jews – Matthew 2:2
Lamb of God – John 1:29
Last Adam – 1 Corinthians 15:45
Leader – Matthew 2:6; Hebrews 2:10
Leader and Perfecter of Faith – Hebrews 12:2
Leader and Savior – Acts 5:31
Life – John 14:6; Colossians 3:4
Light – John 1:9; John 12:35
Light of All – Luke 2:32; John 1:4
Light of the World – John 8:12
Light to the Gentiles – Is 49:6, Lk 2:32
Lion of the Tribe of Judah – Revelation 5:5
Living Bread Come Down From Heaven – John 6:41
Logos – John 1:1
Lord – Luke 1:25
One Lord – Ephesians 4:5
My Lord My God – John 20:28
Lord Both of the Dead and the Living – Romans 14:9
Lord God Almighty – Revelation 15:3
Lord Jesus – Acts 7:59
Jesus Is Lord – 1 Corinthians 12:3
Lord Jesus Christ – Acts 15:11
Lord of All – Acts 10:36
Lord of Glory – 1 Corinthians 2:8
Lord of Lords – 1 Timothy 6:15
Lord of Peace – 2 Thessalonians 3:16
The Man – John 19:5
Man of Sorrows –Isaiah 53:3
Master – Luke 5:5
Mediator – 1 Timothy 2:5
Messenger of the Covenant – Malachi 3:1
Mighty God – Isaiah 9:6
Morning Star – 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 2:28; Revelation 22:16
Nazarene – Matthew 2:23
Passover – 1 Corinthians 5:7
Power and Wisdom of God – 1 Corinthians 1:24
Power for Salvation – Luke 1:69
Priest Forever – Hebrews 5:6
Prince of Life – Acts 3:15
Prince of Peace – Isaiah 9:6
Prophet – John 4:19; John 9:17
Rabboni – John 20:16
Ransom – 1 Timothy 2:6
Redeemer – Isaiah 59:20
Rescuer from This Present Evil Age – Galatians 1:4
Radiance of God’s Glory – Hebrews 1:3
Resurrection and Life – John 11:25
Righteous One – Is 53:11
Rising Sun – Luke 1:78
Root of David – Revelation 5:5
Root of David’s Line – Revelation 22:16
Root of Jesse – Isaiah 11:10
Ruler – Matthew 2:6
Ruler of the Kings of the Earth – Revelation 1:5
Ruler and Savior – Acts 5:31
Savior – 2 Peter 2:20; 3:18
Savior of the World – 1 John 4:14; John 4:42
Second Adam – Romans 5:14
Servant of the Jews – Romans 15:8
The Servant of the Lord – Isaiah 52:13
Shepherd and Guardian of Our Souls – 1 Peter 2:25
Slave – Philippians 2:7
Son – Galatians 4:4
Beloved Son – Colossians 1:13
Firstborn Son – Luke 2:7
Son of Abraham – Matthew 1:1
Son of David – Matthew 1:1
Son of God – Luke 1:35
Son of Joseph – John 1:45
Son of Man – John 5:27
Son of Mary – Mark 6:3
Son of the Blessed One – Mark 14:61
Son of the Father – 2 John 1:3
Son of the Living God – Matthew 16:16
Son of the Most High – Luke 1:32
Son of the Most High God – Mark 5:7
Only Son of the Father – John 1:14
Source of God’s Creation – Revelation 3:14
Spiritual Rock – 1 Corinthians 10:4
Living Stone – 1 Peter 2:4
Stone Rejected by the Builders – Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:8
Stumbling Stone – 1 Peter 2:8
Suffering Servant, Servant of Yahweh – Is 42:1, 49:3
Sun of Righteousness – Malachi 4:2
Teacher – Matthew 8:19; Matthew 23:10
Testator of the New Covenant – Hebrews 9:16
The Glory of the Lord – Isaiah 40:5
The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valleys – Song of Songs 2:1
The Lord our Righteousness – Jeremiah 23:6
True God – 1 John 5:20
True Vine – John 15:1
The Way, the Truth, and the Life – John 14:6
The One Who Is, Was, and Who Is to Come – Revelation 3:7
Wisdom of God – 1 Corinthians 1:24
Wonderful Counselor – Isaiah 9:6
Word of God – Revelation 19:13
Word of Life – 1 John 1:1
I would also ask for your help. There may be other titles of Christ that are not on the list. I would be grateful if you would use the comments section to add any titles you notice are missing. If you know the scriptural reference, it would be helpful if you could include it, but if not I will try to locate it.
When considering an addition please consider whether it is truly a title or just a description. For example, “kind” is an adjective, and certainly describes Jesus, but it is not a title per se. Nouns show usually show better promise as titles of Christ, but even nouns do not always amount to a title. For example, “walker” is a noun, and surely Christ did a lot of walking, but again it is not a title per se.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord" (Isaiah 11:1-2).
Walker on water?
Thanks and thank you for providing the Biblical source as well.
Rabbi John 6:25
Teacher
I am the living bread that came down from Heaven John 6:51
Key Of David.
Burning Bush?
The Word became Flesh John 1:14, 16
Pilar Of Fire.
Begotten by God 1 John 5:1
The one who is true 1 John 5:20
Protector, begotten by God 1 John 5:18
True God and Eternal Life 1 John 5:20
Just being provocative here in hopes of showing that the fairly typical apologetic aimed against the principle of sola scriputura as part of five inter-related and interdependent theological themes when put together (all five, not a one of them "solo") help provide solid framework for descriptions of faith in God, through His son, the Christ.
Glory of your people Israel - Luke 2:32
Good point there BlueDragon, you’re quite right. And -— tip o’ the hat — the same could be said for the many titles of Mary.
Not at all. That is simply not true, not one bit, for to be true at all it would need be true near-entirely, instead of being grotesque exaggeration of what is found in Scripture itself in regards to the one who gave birth to the Lord's earthly physical existence in form of a man.
Or else these titles of Mary" you allude to could be derived from scripture, rather than come from poetic expressions ---which expressions themselves came from a few among the Christian church (but not the earliest few centuries!) yet have nonetheless (for some) become articles of faith -- as part of mental image/mental picture/theological understanding of just who Christ was (and still is).
The inflationary aspects of Marian devotionals do not AT ALL share the same foundation as what was otherwise being discussed.
Sorry babe, the latter-day spin-doctoring you've engaged in here -- though a nice effort, and perhaps well intended, simply does not equal what is found written in the Scripture as for the only begotten Son.
That this son we speak of was indeed born of a virgin, known as Mary (to speakers of English language) is not enough to establish the argument as you just put it.
In further communications addressed to myself, if you chose to tip the cap to myself, please spare me inclusion of false-note facetiousness.
Let your aye be aye, and neigh (no) be neigh. Otherwise, the word games, the concept-mixing confusion of issues at hand will be always fought by myself by way of underling those, in order to hold those types of things up for public ridicule -- which I have just here done.
Signed;
John Wayne's wife.
How could any of those titles count?
Which titles are you questioning? All of them?
In actual fact, I was not intended to convey the idea that I challenged a SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
Try reading, please-- make attempt to understand what I wrote in context of the entire posted comment...with that context also being fully outside of argument (one way or another) as for "Titles of Christ", due to my having alluded to other arguments which in times past frequently have been discussed on the religion forum of FreeRepublic.
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