Names and titles of Jesus

 Jesus was born into a culture in which names were filled with hopes and expectations. Jesus and Emmanuel and a variety of titles are used to refer to Jesus in the New Testament and have salvific attributes. In all Jesusâ€™s many names are representative of who He is and the many roles he plays in the plan of salvation. Jesus himself was no stranger to multiple names. This Advent season, we want to help you worship Jesus for who He really is. So weâ€™re going to look at a few of the names of Jesus, why they matter and how we can use them to draw closer to God.


Jesus was the name God told Mary to give her son, the Savior. This common Jewish name means â€œGod saves.â€ â€œJesusâ€ is the shortest prayer, and all prayers are offered through the name of Jesus. Scripture declares the honor to be given the name and therefore the person of Jesus: â€œAt the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earthâ€ (Philippians 2:10). Some people bow their heads when the name Jesus is said.


In the Gospels Jesus was sometimes called rabbi. This term meant â€œteacher.â€ It did not imply that the person was a trained teacher but that he was an authority. A rabbi was a male more than 30 years old.

Son of David

Jesus was hailed as a Son of David to acknowledge that he was the Messiah, who was to come from the family of David, Israel’s greatest king. Jesus’ foster father Joseph, however, was of the tribe of Judah, the house of David. Jesus took his lineage from his father.


Jesus was addressed as master particularly by the apostles. A master was a teacher followed by a group of people called disciples who hoped to learn from him.

Suffering Servant

Isaiah 42:1-4, 49:1-7, 50:4-11, and 52:13-53:12 refer to a person who takes on the sins of others and suffers for them. This mysterious figure is known as the suffering servant. He has been identified as Israel or Isaiah. To Christians these passages prophesy Jesus.


This Hebrew word means â€œGod with us.â€ It is found in the prophecy of Isaiah, â€œThe virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuelâ€ (Isaiah 7:14). Immanuel is described in chapters 9 and 11 of Isaiah. Jesus is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy. He is God with us as one of us. (See Matthew 1:23 and 28:20.)


A redeemer is one who frees another from slavery. Jesus won our freedom from sin and death by his death and resurrection.

Prince of Peace

Isaiah foretells a Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:5). Psalm 72 explains that the Messiah bring peace. When Jesus is born, angels announce to shepherds that he will bring peace to the world.

Alpha and Omega

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and omega is the last. In Scripture God is spoken of as the first and the last, the beginning and the end. In Revelation 22:13 Jesus says, â€œI am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.â€ In other words, Jesus is God, the source and the goal of all life.

The Bridegroom

In the Old Testament, God was portrayed as the bridegroom of Israel. When the Pharisees asked why Jesus and the disciples didn’t fast, he explained that wedding guests do not fast when the bridegroom is with them (Matthew 9:14). The Book of Revelation calls the Church the Bride of the Lamb (Jesus). Jesus and the Church (us) are like a lover and the loved one.

I Am

When asked by Moses to reveal the divine name, God responded, â€œI am who am.â€ One interpretation of this name is â€œI am there for you.â€ Jesus often calls himself â€œI amâ€ in the Gospel of John, thereby identifying himself with . (See John 4:26, John 8:28, 58, and John 18:5-8.)

Come to know Jesus Christ for yourself and why He is known by so many names.


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    • You worship man because they gave you a picture of a man.Â  My God has no picture he resides in nature the sun rises and the sun sets, you worship and image of death. Because you assumed what man told you is correct and now you feel good about yourself. Study the Words away from the influence of man.

      • Not sure where you got the idea that I worship a man? I despise the new age pictures of Jesus that the Catholic Church promotes. But I do believe Jesus is God. I donâ€™t worship the cross either…but the Cross does give Him glory. 1 Corinthians 1:18.

        • I got the idea by sitting in the Garden of Eden, there is one God, one son man and one daughter female, God is not triune.Â  There is a Father of Life and a son of Death who has bloody hands.Â  God shows His nature in His hands in the garden that surrounds your world there is no blood on them.Â  Who killed who Cain or Abel ? Sit in the Garden for a while and look around, who’s there.

  1. In Mat. 5 ;16, In like manner let your light shine before men for they will see your good works then pay homage to your Father in Heaven. This is from Aramaic New Testament that Jesus spoke. Nowhere does it say to pay homage to Jesus. Plus the fact if you were not royalty you did not have a last name. You are being taught from Greek language with about ten translations before it gets to you. There was only one God in the Garden, life and there is only one God in the Garden of Man, Death, the first born of Hagar the mistress, from where we come from. If you are paying homage to a man named Jesus then you are paying homage to the Imperial god of the Early Christian Church. It was a Christian that crucified a man called Jesus check your history out and figure out who you serve. I serve one God I do not serve man, even a man called Jesus who was a Rabbi. You are mimicking man’s church.


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