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The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
Maranatha (Aramaic: מרנאתא ) is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 16:22).It also appears in Didache 10:14. [1] It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated and, given the nature of early manuscripts, the lexical difficulty rests in determining just which two Aramaic words constitute the single Greek expression.
The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]
In the Gospel of John, love for Christ results in the following of his commandments. In John 14:15, Jesus states, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." and John 14:23 reconfirms that: "If a man love me, he will keep my word". [22] The dual aspect to the above is Jesus' commandment to his followers to love one another.
[1] [2] St. Matthew, the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew, was said to have been a tax collector before becoming a follower of Jesus. Matthew mentions tax collectors three other times in the gospel, at 9:10 , 18:17 , and 21:31 - 32 , each time portraying them in an unfavourable light. [ 3 ]
Lapide states that the words, "is not worthy of me," has the sense of not being worthy to have Jesus for his Lord and Master, and not being worthy of His name and company, nor His grace, kingdom, and the rest of His promises (see Luke 14:26, "He cannot be my disciple").
C. S. Lewis uses agape in The Four Loves to describe what he believes is the highest variety of love known to humanity: a selfless love that is passionately committed to the well-being of others. [10] The Christian use of the term comes directly from the canonical Gospels' accounts of the teachings of Jesus.
More is what you will find just the same in the Gospel: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God": One who was, and another in whose presence he was. [ 7 ] Origen of Alexandria, a teacher in Greek grammar of the third century, wrote about the use of the definite article: