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THE LORD OF GLORY
The Lord of Glory
A STUDY OF
THE DESIGNATIONS OF OUR LORD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS DEITY
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BY
/ BENJAMIN B. WARFIELD
Professor in Princeton Theological Seminary
1907
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
150 Nassau Street New York
Copyright, 1907, by AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
To
William Park Armstrong, Jr.
Caspar Wistar Hodge, Jr.
MA0HTAIN ' lYNEPrOIN • AIAAIKAAOIN
ITNAOTAOIN OMOWTXOIN
XAPIN EXQN,
Plurima quasivl, per singula qineque cucurri, Sed nihil inveni melius quam credere Christo.
— Paulinus of Nola.
CONTENTS
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Introductory . . . . . . i
Pervasive Witness of the N. T, to Christ, i — Scope of this Discussion, 2 — Designations of our Lord in the Synoptic Gospels, 3 — Starting Point of the Survey, 4.
The Designations of our Lord in Mark . 5
Narrative Designation, 5 — Popular Designation, 6 — Formulas of Address, 6 — Significance of ' Teacher ', 8 — Significance of ' Lord ', 9 — Mes- sianic Designations, 12 — '^ Jesus Christ ', 14 — ' The Christ ', 15 — Anarthrous ' Christ ', 16 — Royal Titles, 17 — ' Son of God ', 19 — ' The Son ', 21 — Our Lord's Own Testimony to His Messiah- ship, 23 — ' Son of Man ', 25 — Usage of ' Son of Man ', 28 — Meaning of ' Son of Man ', 29.
Mark's Conception of our Lord . . 32
A Divine Intervention in Christ, 32 — Christ's Life Thoroughly Supernatural, 33 — Jesus the Messiah, 34 — Jesus' Person Enhances His Designations, 36 — ^Jesus a Superangelic Person, 36 — ^Jesus of Heavenly Origin, 38 — ^Jesus' Earthly Life a Mission, 39 — Jesus' Functions Divine, 41 — ^The Uniqueness of Jesus' Sonship, 42 — Jesus As- similated to Jehovah, 45 — Jesus Identified with Jehovah, 47 — Mark's Method, 50 — Mark's Silence, 51 — Mark's Conception of the Messiahship, 53.
The Designations of our Lord in Matthew 57
The Narrative Name, and Exceptions, 57 — * Christ ' as a Proper Name, 59 — Why so Seldom Used, 62 — Jesus' Popular Name, 63-s-Early Use
vui Contents
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of ' Christ ' as a Proper Name, 64 — Simple Hon- orific Addresses, 66 — ' Master of the House ' 68 — * Lord ' as an Address, 69 — ' Lord ' as an Appel- lation, 72 — Messianic Titles, 73 — Our Lord's Own Messianic Claims, 74 — The Simple Messi- anic Designations, 76 — Meaning of 'the Son of God ', 78 — Culminating Assertions, 81 — Less Com- mon Messianic Titles, 83 — ' The Son of Man ', 84 — The High Meaning of ' Son of Man ', 87.
Matthew's Conception of our Lord . 89
Profundity of Matthew's Suggestlveness, 89 — Rich- ness of His Implications, 91 — Assimilation of Jesus with God, 92 — Identification of Jesus with God, 93 — Participation of Jesus in the Name, 94.
The Designations of our Lord in Luke
AND their Implications ... 97
The Narrative Designations, 97 — Ordinary Forms of Address, 99 — ' Master ', 100 — ' Lord ' as an Address, loi — ' Lord ' as an Appellative, 102 — Significance of ' Lord ', 104 — The ' Prophet ', 106 — ' Saviour ', 107 — * The Lord's Christ ',109 — 'The King', 112— 'God's Elect', 113— 'God's Holy One', 113 — Meaning of 'Holy', 115 — ' The Son ', 117 — ' The Son of Man ', 119 — ^Jesus' Mission, 122 — The ' Bridegroom ', 123.
The Jesus of the Sy.noptists . . .125
Variety of Titles Used, 125 — Extent of Jewish Use, 126 — Old Testament Foundation, 127 — Jesus' Messianic Claims, 128 — Divergence from Current Expectations, 129 — ^Transfigured Con- ception of Messiah, 131 — Highest Designations, 133 — Meaning of ' Son of Man ', 135 — Meaning of ' Son of God ', 137 — Meaning of ' Lord ', 140 — Synoptical Christ Divine, 145.
Contents ix
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The Jesus of the Synoptists the Primitive
Jesus ...... 146
Significance of Synoptical Testimony, 146 — Date of the Synoptics, 146 — Earlier Documentary Basis, 147 — The Sources of the Synoptics, 148 — Chris- tology of the Primitive Mark, 149 — Other Possible Elements in the Primitive Mark, 152 — Christology of the ' Primitive Sayings', 153 — Resort to ' His- torical Criticism ', 155 — The Reportorial Element in the Gospels, 156 — Trustworthiness of the Evan- gelical Report, 157 — Faith the Foe of Fact, 158 — Primary Canon of Criticism, 159 — Futility of This Canon, 162 — Can We Save Any Jesus at all? 163 — ^Jesus Certainly Claimed to be Messiah and
* Son of Man ', 166 — Jesus Certainly Claimed to be Superangelic, 168 — And God, 169 — The Synoptic Jesus the Real Jesus, 171.
The Designations of our Lord in John and
THEIR Significance . . . .174