In | Workbook: Names and Titles for Jesus in Acts

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

Just as the terms used to describe believers vary, Luke refers to Jesus with a surprising range of titles and names. 

Names for Jesus in Acts

• Lord (1:6)
• Lord Jesus (1:21)
• Jesus of Nazareth (2:22)
• Holy One (2:27)
• Messiah (2:30-31, 36)
• Jesus Christ (2:38)
• His (God’s) servant Jesus (3:13)
• The Author of life (3:15)
• Jesus your Messiah (3:20)
• Prince and Savior (5:31)
• The Righteous One (7:52)
• The Son of Man (7:56)
• The Son of God (9:20)
• Lord of all (10:36)
• The Judge of all—the living and the dead (10:42)
• The One all the prophets testified about (10:43)
• God’s promised Savior of Israel (13:23)
• The Spirit of Jesus (16:7)
• King (17:7)
• Christ Jesus (24:24)
• The Hope of Israel (28:20)

Quoted from: Bruce Barton, Dave Veerman, and Grant R. Osborne, Life Application Bible Commentary: Acts, 1999, p. 180.

5. Briefly describe the meaning of three of these based on what you have seen in the gospels and earlier passages in the Bible story.