How to know who Jesus is? Read His names!
Here is a list of some of the names and titles of our Lord and Savior:
Revelation 1:8, Hebrews 12:2, 5:9, Matthew 12:18, John 6:32, 6:48, 1 Peter 5:4, Luke 9:20, Isaiah 9:6, Romans 11:26, Isaiah 40:3, John 10:11, Hebrews 4:14, Ephesians 1:22, Hebrews 1:2, John 8:58, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:21, Zechariah 9:9, 1 Timothy 6:15, John 1:29, John 14:6, 8:12, 1 Timothy 6:15, Jeremiah 23:6, 1 Timothy 2:5, Daniel 9:25, John 1:41, Revelation 22:16, Job 19:25, John 11:25, Luke 2:11, Matthew 2:15, Malachi 4:2, John 1:9, 15:1, 1:14, 14:6, John 1:1, Revelation 19:13
ALMIGHTY: (Revelation 1:8) 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, [a]the Beginning and the End,” says the [b]Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Footnotes: Revelation 1:8 NU, M omit the Beginning and the End; Revelation 1:8 NU, M Lord God
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH: (Hebrews 12:2) 2 looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Footnotes: Hebrews 12:2 originator; Hebrews 12:2 perfecter
AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION: (Hebrews 5:9) 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
BELOVED SON: (Matthew 12:18) 18 “Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,
My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
BREAD OF LIFE: (John 6:32) 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
CHIEF SHEPHERD: (1 Peter 5:4) 4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
CHRIST OF GOD: (Luke 9:20) 20 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”
COUNSELLOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE: (Isaiah 9:6) 6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
DELIVERER: (Romans 11:26; Isaiah 59:20,21) 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God. Footnotes
a. Or delivered
GOD: (Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3) 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God. Footnotes
a. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
GOOD SHEPHERD: (John 10:11) 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
COMPASSIONATE, GREAT HIGH PRIEST: (Hebrews 4:14) 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
HEAD OF THE CHURCH: (Ephesians 1:22) 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
HEIR OF ALL THINGS: (Hebrews 1:2) 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the [a]worlds; Footnotes
a. Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons
I AM: (John 8:58) 58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
IMAGE OF GOD: (2 Corinthians 4:4) 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
IMMANUEL: (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23) 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.[a]
Footnotes
a. Lit. God-With-Us
JESUS: (Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31) 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name [a]Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Footnotes
a. Lit. Savior
KING: (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5) 9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
KING OF KINGS, Lord of lords: (1 Timothy 6:15 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only [a]Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
Footnotes
a. Sovereign
LAMB OF GOD: (John 1:29) 29 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
THE LIFE: (John 14:6) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: (John 8:12) 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
LORD OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Jeremiah 23:6) 6 In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name by which He will be called:
[a]THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Footnotes
a. Heb. YHWH Tsidkenu
MEDIATOR: (1 Timothy 2:5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
MESSIAH: (Daniel 9:25) 25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [a]street shall be built again, and the [b]wall,
Even in troublesome times.
Footnotes
a. Or open square
b. Or moat
(John 1:41) 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [a]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
Footnotes
a. Lit. Anointed One
MORNING STAR: (Revelation 22:16) 16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
REDEEMER: (Job 19:25) 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
RESURRECTION AND LIFE: (John 11:25) 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
SAVIOR, Christ THE LORD: (Luke 2:11) 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
SON OF GOD: (Matthew 2:15) 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Malachi 4:2) 2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
TRUE LIGHT: (John 1:9) 9 That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
Footnotes
a. Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
TRUE VINE: (John 15:1) “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
TRUTH: (John 1:14) 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
WORD: (John 1:1) n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
WORD OF GOD: (Revelation 19:13) 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
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1 John 5:11-13
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has [a]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [b]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Footnotes
[a] 1 John 5:12 Or the life
[b] 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
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