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This statement is traditionally called "The Word of Relationship" and in it Jesus entrusts Mary, his mother, into the care of "the disciple whom Jesus loved". [1] Jesus also addresses his mother as "woman" in John 2:4. [23] Although this sounds dismissive in English, the Greek word is a term of respect or tenderness.
In Eastern Christianity, the most widely used Christogram is a four-letter abbreviation, ΙϹ ΧϹ—a traditional abbreviation of the Greek words for 'Jesus Christ' (i.e., the first and last letters of each of the words ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ, with the lunate sigma 'Ϲ' common in medieval Greek), [23] and written with titlo (diacritic ...
Jesus (/ ˈ dʒ iː z ə s /) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua (ישוע). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua .
Jesus The Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, 6th century AD Born c. 6 to 4 BC [a] Herodian kingdom, Roman Empire Died AD 30 or 33 (aged 33 or 38) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire Cause of death Crucifixion [b] Known for Central figure of Christianity Major prophet in Islam and in Druze Faith Manifestation of God in Baháʼí Faith Parent(s) Mary, Joseph [c] Part ...
In Christianity, the Logos (Greek: Λόγος, lit. 'word, discourse, or reason') [1] is a name or title of Jesus Christ, seen as the pre-existent second person of the Trinity.
The Greek word Epistates (Epistata in the vocative case) is used only in Luke's gospel, where it occurs six times. Robert O'Toole argues that the word relates to Jesus' power over the material world rather than his teaching. [55] Some commentators suggest that in Luke 5, Peter progresses from seeing Jesus as "Master" (v. 5) to seeing him as ...
However, it is only in John's Gospel that more information is given. In three places (John 11:16, 20:24 and 21:2), he is given the name Didymus (Δίδυμος), the Greek word for a twin. In fact, "the Twin" is not just a surname, it is a translation of "Thomas". The Greek Θωμᾶς —Thōmâs—comes from the Aramaic tōmā, "twin ...
The King James version reads: "The words of the Lord are pure words." In Philo , however, the entire Old Testament was considered the Word of God and thus spoken of as the logia , with any passage of Scripture, whatever its length or content, designated a logion ; the sense of the word is the same as in the Septuagint, but applied broadly to ...