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NAMES (MATTHEW to JOHN)

Numerous designations appear in the New Testament, with some of the names, titles, or designations of God applied to God the Father, some to God the Son, perhaps most, and some applied to the Spirit. The New Testament also contains designations applied to the persons of the Trinity by non-believers and includes designations that are found in the Old Testament but appear in the New Testament when the verses are used by the New Testament writers.

The following list is by no means exhaustive, neither in the number of designations nor in the number of times each is used. As in the Old Testament the list is provided to show the numerous ways God is referred to and how the many and varied designations reveal something of who He is and His relation to His creation and to His people. Also the references provide an impression as to the frequency and location of the designations.

God is addressed or referred to as:

“Jesus Christ” (Matt. 1:1; Acts. 2:38; 3:20; 8:12, 37; 10:36; 16:18; Rom. 1:1; used  often by
    Paul; I Pet. 1:1, 7, 13; I Jo. 4:2, 3; Jude 1; Rev. 1:1, 2; 12:17)
“Son of David” (Matt. 1:1; 12:23; 21:9, 15; 22:42; Mk. 10:47, 48; 12:35; Lu. 18:38,
    39)
“Son of Abraham” (Matt. 1:1)
“Christ” (Matt. 1:17; Mk. 8:29; used often in the NT)
“the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:18, 20; 3:11; 12:32; Mk. 1:8; 3:29; 12:36; Lu. 1:35, 41; 2:25, 26;
    3:16, 22; 4:1; 11:13; 12; Jo. 7:39; 14:26; 20:22; Acts 1:2; used often in  Acts; Rom. 5:5;
    9:1; 14:17; 15:13; I Cor. 2:13; 6:19; 12:3; II Cor. 6:6; 13:14; I Thess. 1:5-6; II Tim. 1:2;
    Tit. 3:5; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 6:4; 9:8; I Pet. 1:12; II Pet. 1:21; I Jo. 5:7; Jude 20, 21)
“Jesus” (Matt. 1:21; used often in the NT)
“the Lord” (Matt. 1:22; 7:21; used of the Father and the Son and used often, alone  and in
    combination)
“Immanuel” (Matt. 1:23)
“King of the Jews” (Matt. 2:2; 27:29; Mk. 15:2, 9, 12, 18, 26; Lu. 23:3, 37, 38; Jo. 18:33,
    39; 19:3, 19, 21)
“Ruler” (Matt. 2:6)
“My Son” (Matt. 2:15; Acts 13:33)
“God” (Matt. 2:22; used often in the NT)
“Nazarene” (Matt. 2:23)
“the great King” (Matt. 2:35)
“the Spirit of God” (Matt. 3:16; 12:28; Rom. 8:9, 14; 15:19; I Cor. 2:11, 14; 3:16; 7:40;
    12:3; I Jo. 4:2))
“My beloved Son” (Matt. 3:17 in KJV; NIV has “my Son, whom I love”; 17:15;  Mk. 1:11; 9:7;
    Lu. 3:22; II Pet. 1:17)
“the Spirit” (Matt. 4:1; 12:18, 31; Mk. 1:10, 12; Lu. 4:14; 10:21; Jo. 1:32, 33; 3:5,  6, 8, 34;
    6:63; 7:39; Acts 2:4; used frequently by Paul; Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6,  13, 22; 4:2;
    14:13; 22:17) “Son of God” (Matt. 4:3, 6; 8:29; 14:33; 27:29, 54; Mk.  1:1; 3:11; 15:39;
    4:3, 9, 41; Jo. 1:34, 49; 3:18; 5:25; 9:35; 10:36; 11:4; 19:7; 20:31; Acts 8:37; 9:20;
    Rom. 1:4; II Cor. 2:19; Gal. 2:20; 5:5, 16-18, 22, 25, 28; Heb. 6:6; 10:29; Jam. 4:5; I Jo.
    3:8; 4:15; 5:10, 12; Rev. 2:18)
“the Lord your God” (Matt. 4:7, 10; 22:37; Mk. 12:30; Lu. 4:8, 12; 10:27; Acts 3:22; 7:37)
“Father” (Matt. 5:45, 48; 6:1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18; 10:29, 33; 11:25, 26, 27; Mk. 13:32; Lu.
    10:21, 22; 11:13; 22:42; 23:34, 46; Jo. 1:14; 4:23; 5:19-23, 26, 30, 37;   6:44-46;
    12:27-28, 49-50; 13:1, 3; used often in Jo. 14-17; 20:21; II Cor. 6:18; I Jo. 1:3; 2:1, 23,
    25; 3:1)
“your heavenly Father” (Matt. 6:26)
“Teacher” (Matt. 8:19; 9:11; 12:38; 16:16; 19:16; 22:24, 36; 26:18; Mk. 4:38; 9:17; 12:14,
    19, 32; 13:1; 14:14; Lu. 9:38; 11:45; 19:39; 20:21, 28; 21:7; 22:11, 48, 69;  8:4; 11:28)
“Son of Man” (Matt. 8:20; 9:6; 10:23; 11:19; 12:8, 32; 13:41; 16:27, 28; 19:28; 20:18, 28;
    24:27, 30, 37, 39, 44; 25:31; 26:2, 24, 45, 64; Mk. 2:10, 28; 8:31, 38; 9:9, 12, 31;
    10:33, 45; 13:26; 14:21, 41, 62; Lu. 5:24; 6:5, 22; 7:34; 9:22, 26, 58; 11:30; 12:8, 10,
    40; 17:22, 24, 26, 30; 18:31; 19:110; 21:27; 22:22; 24:7; Jo. 1:5; 3:13, 14; 5:25; 6:27,
    53, 62; 8:28; 12:23, 34; Acts 7:56; Rev. 1:13; 14:14)
“the Spirit of your Father” (Matt. 10:20)
“the Coming One” (Matt. 11:3)
“Lord of heaven and earth” (Matt. 11:25; Lu. 10:21)
“Lord even of the Sabbath” (Matt. 12:8; Mk. 2:28; Lu. 6:5)
“My Servant” (Matt. 12:18)
“My Beloved” (Matt. 12:18)
“My heavenly Father” (Matt. 15:13; 18:35)
“Lord, Son of David” (Matt. 15:22; 20:30, 31; Mk. 10:47)
“the God of Israel” (Matt. 15:31)
“the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16; Jo. 6:69)
“Jesus the Christ” (Matt. 16:20; Acts. 9:34)
“My Father” (Matt. 18:10, 19; 20:23; 24:36; 26:29, 39, 42, 53; Lu. 10:22; Jo. 5:17; 6:32,
    65; 8:19, 28, 49, 54; 10:29-30, 32, 37; used often in Jo. 14-17; 20:17; Rev. 3:5, 21)
“your Father” (Matt. 18:14; Lu. 12:30; Jo. 8:19)
“Good Teacher” (Matt. 19:16; Mk. 10:17; Lu. 18:18)
“your King” (Matt. 20:5; Jo. 12:15; 19:14-15)
“the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (Matt. 22:32; Mk 12:26; Lu.
    20:37; Acts 7:32)
“the King” (Matt. 25:34, 40; Lu. 19:38; I Tim. 1:7)
“Rabbi” (Matt. 26:25, 49; Mk. 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Jo. 1:38, 49; 3:2; 4:31; 6:25; 9:2)             “Shepherd” (Matt. 26:31; Mk. 14:27)
“the Power” (Matt. 26:64)
“Jesus of Galilee” (Matt. 26:69)
“Jesus of Nazareth” (Matt. 26:71; Mk. 1:24; 16:6; Lu. 4:34; 18:37; 24:19; Jo. 1:45;  18:5, 7;
    19:19; Acts 2:22; 10:38; 22:8)
“Jesus, the King of the Jews” (Matt. 27:37; Mk. 15:26; Lu. 23:38)
“the King of Israel” (Matt. 27:42; Mk. 15:32; Jo. 12:13)
“My God, My God” (Matt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34)
“the Holy One of God” (Mk. 1:24; Lu. 4:34)
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God” (Mk. 5:7; Lu. 8:28)
“Jesus, Son of David” (Mk. 10:47; Lu. 18:38)
“Rabboni” (Mk. 10:41; Jo. 20:16)
“the God of the living” (Mk. 12:27)
“the Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Mk. 12:29)
“Abba, Father” (Mk. 14:36; Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6)
“the Christ, the Son of the Blessed” (Mk. 14:61)
“the Christ, the King of Israel” (Mk. 15:32)
“the Lord their God” (Lu. 1:16)
“the Son of the Highest” (Lu. 1:32)
“Highest” (Lu. 1:32, 35, 76; Jesus is called “Son of the Highest)
“the Lord God” (Lu. 1:32)
“Holy One” (Lu. 1:35; Acts. 2:27; 3:14; 13:35; I Jo. 2:20)
“God my Savior” (Lu. 1:47)
“the Lord God of Israel” (Lu. 1:68)
“Dayspring” (Lu. 1:78)
“a Savior” (Lu. 2:11)
“Christ the Lord” (Lu. 2:11)
“Consolation of Israel” (Lu. 2:25)
“the Lord’s Christ” (Lu. 2:26)
“the Spirit of the Lord” (Lu. 4:18; Acts 5:9; 8:39; II Cor. 3:17-18)
“the Christ, the Son of God” (Lu. 4:41; Jo. 11:27; 20:31)
“the Coming One” (Lu. 7:19, 20)
“Master, Master” (Lu. 8:24)
“the Christ of God” (Lu. 9:20)
“Master” (Lu. 9:33; 17:13; Eph. 6:9; Col. 4:1; II Tim. 2:21)
“the Son” and “His Son” (Lu. 10:22; Jo. 3:17; 8:36; 17:1; Rom. 1:9; Gal. 4:4; I  Thess. 1:10))
“Jesus, Master” (Lu. 17:13)
“the chosen of God” (Lu. 23:35)
“the Promise of My Father” (Lu. 24:49)
“the Word” (Jo. 1:1, 14)
“the Light” (Jo. 1:7-9)
“the only begotten Son” (Jo. 1:18; 3:16; I Jo. 4:9)
“the Prophet” (Jo. 1:21; 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:23; 7:37)
“the Lamb of God” (Jo. 1:29, 36)
“the Messiah” (Jo. 1:41; 4:25)
“the Savior of the world” (Jo. 4:42)
“My Father’s name” (Jo. 5:43; 10:25)
“God the Father” (Jo. 6:27; Gal. 1, 3; Eph. 5:20; 6:23; Phil. 2:11; Col. 3:17; I Pet. 1:2; II
    Pet. 1:17; Jude 1)
“the bread of life” (Jo. 6:35, 48)
“the bread which came down from heaven” (Jo. 6:41)
“the living bread” (Jo. 6:51)
“the living Father” (Jo. 6:57)
“the light of the world” (Jo. 8:12)
“I AM” (Jo. 8:58)
“the door of the sheep” (Jo. 10:7)
“the door” (Jo. 10:9)
“the good shepherd” (Jo. 10:11, 14)
“the resurrection and the life” (Jo. 11:25)
“Teacher and Lord” (Jo. 13:14)
“the way, the truth, and the life” (Jo. 14:6)
“Helper” (Jo. 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7)
“the Spirit of truth” (Jo. 14:17; 15:26; 16:7)
“the Helper, the Holy Spirit” (Jo. 14:26)
“the true vine” (Jo. 15:1, 5)
“the only true God” (Jo. 17:3)
“Holy Father” (Jo. 17:11)
“righteous Father” (Jo. 17:25)
“Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” (Jo. 19:19)
“My Lord and my God” (Jo. 20:28)


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