Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Christological Titles
- Son of
God
- Highlights authority and divinity
- Seen as
blasphemous
- Jewish kings were viewed
as the adopted sons of god
- Mentioned at; The baptism, "You are my
son", The transfiguration, "This is my Son"
and he also personally confirmed it at the
Trial
- Important as Christians believe
Jesus has always existed as part of
the Holy Trinity
- Widely used today and at crucial times by Mark
- Some believe it
distances us as its
hard to relate too
- Son of
Man
- Jesus' preferred title
- Reveals his humanity,
proves he was like us
and likely was used to
remind the disciples he
was one of them
- Used by Ezekiel to
describe himself
- Linked to the role of the suffering servant,
frequently used when discussing this, links to
book of Daniel
- Used at his trial and during the man with the paralysed man
- "The son of man is lord
even on the Sabbath
- Shows he has God's authority
and can forgive sins
- Not widely used today, too
vague and hard to
understand
- Messiah/Son of
David / Christ
- Messiah and Christ means
anointed one
- Expected a Messiah like King David
- Jesus was not a military of political messiah
but a Suffering Servant Messiah
- Jesus disliked it due to its
political connotations-
Messianic secret
- When peter states "you are Christ" he
warns them not to tell anyone
- Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey to symbolise peace
- Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David
- Saviour
- Jesus means Saviour
- Jesus died on
the cross to
save us from
our sins
- He saved people from their
sicknesses, leper, paralysed hand,
Jairus' daughter
- Saved his disciple at the calming of
the storm reminding them of their
faith
- He saved people from spiritual and
physical hunger at the feeding of the
5000