The titles of Christ — each unpacking a different dimension of who he is and what he came to do.
John 10:11
Jesus's self-designation as the shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep and knows each one by name.
John 8:58
Jesus's claim to share the divine name of YHWH — declared in the seven 'I AM' statements of John's Gospel.
Matthew 16:16
The title declaring Jesus's unique divine sonship — confessed by Peter, declared by the Father at his baptism, and central to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
John 1:29
The title John the Baptist gave Jesus — declaring him the sacrificial lamb whose death takes away the sin of the world.
John 1:1
John's profound opening title for Christ — 'In the beginning was the Word' — identifying Jesus as God's eternal self-expression.
Luke 2:11
The title proclaiming Jesus as the rescuer of humanity from sin and death — given by angels at his birth and central to the gospel.
Daniel 7:13-14
Jesus's most-used self-designation — drawn from Daniel 7's heavenly figure who receives an everlasting kingdom.
John 6:35
Jesus's claim — given after feeding the 5,000 — that he is the true food that satisfies the soul forever.
John 1:41
The Hebrew title meaning 'anointed one' — the long-awaited king and deliverer prophesied throughout the Old Testament and fulfilled in Jesus.
Revelation 19:16
Christ's title as supreme sovereign — proclaimed in Revelation and embodied in his return in glory.
John 8:12
Jesus's claim to be the light dispelling humanity's spiritual darkness — and to make his followers light-bearers in turn.
Revelation 22:13
Christ's title as the beginning and end — the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, naming his eternal sovereignty over all of history.
Isaiah 9:6
Isaiah's title for the coming Messiah — Christ as the bringer of peace between God and humanity and ultimately among all nations.
Matthew 1:23
The Hebrew title prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 and fulfilled at Christ's birth — God with us in the flesh.