The Name and Titles of Jesus
“The Master”
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Joh 17:3 And this is life
eternal, that they might
know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
..........Jesus Christ:
1Pe 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye
love; in whom, though now ye see him
not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Name and most frequently used Titles of Jesus...........
Approximate Number of Occurrences from NT
Title
Approx Number of Occurrences
Lord
700x
Christ/Messiah
570x
Master/Disciple
85x and 270x
Son of Man
85x
Son of God
45x
Son of David
16x
King of the Jews
17x
The Name of JESUS
940x
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Goals of this Study
Scripturally Define the Role and Title of “Master”
&
Identify Five Pivotal elements of the Title & Role
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The “Teacher” -
“The DiDaskolos” (translated “Master”) or equivalent Rabbi
Diagram: Illustrating the Title and Role of “The Teacher” – Flows from Left to Right
The
Father
The
Son
Taught
Jhn 8:28
The Disciples (Learners)
The Master
“Mathete”
The 12 Disciples - The 12 “Apostelo”
All Disciples
Mat 23:8-10
“Sent”
The Holy Spirit
“Seen” & “Heard”
“Heard” but not “Seen”
The “Waters” or “Sea” = the Nations & The Fish (by extended metaphor) =”The Multitudes” or People
Matt 4:12-25, Mk 4:1, Mk 6:38-49, Luke 5:2-9, Jhn 6:1-25, Jhn 21:1-13, Acts 27
The Witness of
the Father
The Witness of
The Son
The Witness of the Apostles
The Keepers of the Witness
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Apocalypse – The Revealing
12 Apostelo
The “Witnesses”
& “Foundation”
The Technical Bit
Establish the Definition of Master
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Title and Role “Master” is all about TEACHING
“MASTER”
Di daska los - Noun
From G1321; an instructor (generally or specifically):
G1321 – “TO TEACH”
Di daskō - Verb
A prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb
δάω daō (to learn); to teach
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
IMPORTANT!!!
1) Because the OT term “Master” is translated from the Hebrew
“Adon”(Lord)
And
2) Because some (very few) occurrences of NT “Kurios” (Lord) are
translated “Master”
We often make a mistake and Assume that the NT “Master” is
about a master/slave relationship
IT IS NOT!!!!!
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
IMPORTANT!!!
The NT Master title/ role is about a TEACHER/LEARNER
relationship
In the NT...............
Greek - Kurios/Doolos = Lord/Slave relationship
and
Didaskolos/Mathete = Master/Disciple = Teacher/Learner
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Lord was a TEACHER who TAUGHT Disciples
DISCIPLE - G3101
mathētēs
From G3129; a learner, that is, pupil: - disciple.
A Disciple is a Math etes – a Learner of knowledge
Mat 10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor
the servant above his lord.
Mat 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be
as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they
have called the master of the house Beelzebub,
how much more shall they call them of his
household?
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Let’s Summarise
-A Master is about Teaching
-A Disciple is about Learning
-Therefore a Master and Disciple go together
-The Role is inherently relationship based
Teacher
Didaskolos
Disciple
Mathetes
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
And one last thing...................
Respect
Deference
Copy
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
5 Pivotal Elements of the Role and Title
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Key One
Jesus was the first Disciple
And
the first Apostle
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Key Two
Jesus Is the only Master
All other teaching is done in his name
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Act 5:40 .........and when they had called the
apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that
they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let
them go.
Act 5:41 And they departed from the presence of
the council, rejoicing that they were counted
worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Act 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every
house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus
Christ.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Luk 24:47 .......repentance and
remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Key Three
Preaching and Teaching
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Act 5:42 And daily in the temple,
and in every house, they ceased
not to teach and preach Jesus
Christ.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Act 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole
years in his own hired house, and
received all that came in unto him,
Act 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of
God, and teaching those things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all
confidence, no man forbidding him.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Mat 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease among the people.
Mat 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and
villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness
and every disease among the people.
Mat 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made
an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he
departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Preach = kērussō
to herald (as a public crier),
Gospel = Ev - angel- eeon
Good
Message (“Angel”)
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Mat 5:1 And seeing the multitudes,
he went up into a mountain: and when
he was set, his disciples (Mathetes)
came unto him:
Mat 5:2 And he opened his mouth,
and taught (didasko) them, saying,
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Key Four
Heard and Seen
Said and Done
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Word
of Invisible God
Made
Manifest
Voice
Act
Spoken
Done
Heard
Seen
SO that the key terms used to describe
Jesus Work of Master are:
Speak and Do - Acts 1:1
And the key terms used to describe
Our response are:
Hear and Keep - Rev 1:3, 22:7
And the Key terms used to describe
The Apostles Witness (Matureo)
Are:
The Word
Made Flesh
Heard and Seen – 1 John 1:1-4
Rev 1:2, 22:8,
“We Beheld
his Glory” Jhn 1
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Act 1:1 The former treatise
have I made, O Theophilus, of
all that Jesus began both to
do and teach,
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Rev 1:2 Who bare record of the word of God,
and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all
things that he saw.
Rev 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that
hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those
things which are written therein: for the time is at
hand.
Rev 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard
them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down
to worship before the feet of the angel which
showed me these things.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Act 22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said
unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the
same hour I looked up upon him.
Act 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his
will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
Act 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto
all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Word
of Invisible God
Made
Manifest
Voice
Act
Spoken
Done
Heard
Seen
SO that the key terms used to describe
Jesus Work of Master are:
Speak and Do - Acts 1:1
And the key terms used to describe
Our response are:
Hear and Keep - Rev 1:3, 22:7
And the Key terms used to describe
The Apostles Witness (Matureo)
Are:
The Word
Made Flesh
Heard and Seen – 1 John 1:1-4
Rev 1:2, 22:8,
“We Beheld
his Glory” Jhn 1
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Key Five
Two reactions:
Forsake and Follow
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Forsake and Follow
(Mat 4:20) And they straightway left their nets, and
followed him.
(Mat 4:22) And they immediately left the ship and their
father, and followed him
(Mat 19:27) Then answered Peter and said unto him,
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what
shall we have therefore?
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Forsake and Follow
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his
father, and mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross,
and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The “Teacher” -
“The DiDaskolos” (translated “Master”) or equivalent Rabbi
Diagram: Illustrating the Title and Role of “The Teacher” – Flows from Left to Right
The
Father
The
Son
Taught
Jhn 8:28
The Disciples (Learners)
The Master
“Mathete”
The 12 Disciples - The 12 “Apostelo”
All Disciples
Mat 23:8-10
“Sent”
The Holy Spirit
“Seen” & “Heard”
“Heard” but not “Seen”
The “Waters” or “Sea” = the Nations & The Fish (by extended metaphor) =”The Multitudes” or People
Matt 4:12-25, Mk 4:1, Mk 6:38-49, Luke 5:2-9, Jhn 6:1-25, Jhn 21:1-13, Acts 27
The Witness of
the Father
The Witness of
The Son
The Witness of the Apostles
The Keepers of the Witness
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Apocalypse – The Revealing
12 Apostelo
The “Witnesses”
& “Foundation”
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God..........
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of
God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Joh 17:3 ....... this is the life age-during,
that they may know Thee, the only true
God, and him whom Thou didst send-Jesus Christ;
YLT
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
“To Know... Jesus Christ, whom thou Hast Sent”
The Name and Titles of Jesus
“The Master”
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his
life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him
a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their
foreheads.
Rev 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with
their harps:
Rev 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, .......
Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are
virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These
were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the
Lamb.
Rev 14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
Rev 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel (eualangeo – good news) to preach (evangelise)unto them
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people,
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud (Mega)voice (phonay), Fear God, and give glory
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Full Process
Sent
Apostle
Preach & Teach
Master
Say and Do
Hear and See
Forsake & Follow
Disciple
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Title and Role “Master” is all about TEACHING
The Greek “Didaskolos” – Teacher and “Didacte”
Teach
50 x Master in gos and zero in acts on
The Greek word “Mathetes” for Disciple occurs 273X in Matt,mk,luke,jhn,acts
And never again. 75,46,39,82,31
In other words, there is a change in the way scripture presents him
Up to Acts he is:
Lord or Master or Christ or Jesus
After he is:
The Lord Jesus Christ
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
“To Know...
Jesus Christ, whom thou Hast Sent”
The Name and Titles of Jesus
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The “Didaskolos” - “The Master” or “The Teacher” (Rabbi)
Diagram: Illustrating the Title and Role of “The Teacher” – Flows from Left to Right
The
Son
“Seen”
“Heard”
Jhn 8:28
The Disciples (Learners)
The Master
The 12 Disciples - The 12 “Apostelo”
“Mathete”
All Disciples
Mat 23:8-10
“Sent”
12 Apostelo
The “Witnesses”
& “Foundation”
The Holy Spirit
“Seen” & “Heard”
“Heard” but not “Seen”
The “People” or “Waters” of “Sea” –”The Multitudes” (by metonym the “Fish”)
The Witness of
the Father
The Witness of
The Son
The Witness of the Apostles
The Keepers of the Witness
Pivotal Concepts
-The First Source is - “as My Father taught me” Jhn 8:28
- A “Master” means “Teacher” NOT Lord ( a very different role)
-There is ONE Teacher and all subsequent teaching is “in his name” Matt 23:8-10, Acts 5:40-42
-The Teacher role goes with the “Disciple” role which is Mathetes(Gk) and means “A learner”. They both must be understood together
-There are two key elements to the Teachers work at his first advent - to Preach (Herald) and to Teach (Educate)
-This work of Teacher revolved two key elements : the things he SAID ( and thus Heard) and the things he DID (Thus Seen)
-The two key reactions of all “Mathetes” (Disciples) are to 1)“ forsake” and 2) “follow”
-The full process is: Sent - Preach – Hear – Forsake – Follow – Taught - Do
-The 12 D became the 12 A as a pattern of all disciples – in aggregate the founding of new Jerusalem and a “nation” of 12 tribes
-The work of Apostelo (those sent as Angelos “Messengers”) was to “Witness” (Matureo) of the things SEEN and HEARD
-The work of “Teacher” is frequently associated with water, sea, fish, nets and boats in the gospels so that the Galilee area
serves as a symbolic microcosm of evangelising the entire world
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Apocalypse – The Revealing of things “unseen”
The
Father
The “Teacher” -
“The DiDaskolos” (translated “Master”) or equivalent Rabbi
Diagram: Illustrating the Title and Role of “The Master” – Flows from Left to Right
The
Son
Taught
Jhn 8:28
The Disciples (Learners)
The Master
“Mathete”
The 12 Disciples - The 12 “Apostelo”
All Disciples
Mat 23:8-10
“Sent”
12 Apostelo
The “Witnesses”
& “Foundation”
The Holy Spirit
“Seen” & “Heard”
“Heard” but not “Seen” (i.e Faith)
The “Waters” or “Sea” = the Nations & The Fish (by extended metaphor) =”The Multitudes” or People
Matt 4:12-25, Mk 4:1, Mk 6:38-49, Luke 5:2-9, Jhn 6:1-25, Jhn 21:1-13, Acts 27
The Witness of
the Father
The Witness of
The Son
The Witness of the Apostles
The “Guards” of the Witness Rev 1:3
Pivotal Concepts
-The First Source is - “as My Father taught me” Jhn 8:28
- A “Master” means “Teacher” NOT Lord ( a very different role)
-There is ONE Teacher and all subsequent teaching is “in his name” Matt 23:8-10, Acts 5:40-42
-The Teacher role goes with the “Disciple” role which is Mathetes(Gk) and means “A learner”. They both must be understood together
-There are two key elements to the Teachers work at his first advent - to Preach (Herald) and to Teach (Educate)
-This work of Teacher revolved two key elements : the things he SAID ( and thus Heard) and the things he DID (Thus Seen)
-The two key reactions of all “Mathetes” (Disciples) are to 1)“ forsake” and 2) “follow”
-The full process is: Sent - Preach – Hear – Forsake – Follow – Taught - Do
-The 12 D became the 12 A as a pattern of all disciples – in aggregate the founding of new Jerusalem and a “nation” of 12 tribes
-The work of Apostelo (those sent as Angelos “Messengers”) was to “Witness” (Matureo) of the things SEEN and HEARD
-The work of “Teacher” is frequently associated with water, sea, fish, nets and boats in the gospels so that the Galilee area
serves as a symbolic microcosm of evangelising the entire world
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Apocalypse – The Revealing of things unseen
The
Father
The Didaskolos – “The Master” - “The Teacher” (Rabbi)
“Judah”
“The Nations”
The Son
The Father “Teaches”
the Son . John 8:28
The
Master
The Holy Spirit
12 Apostelo
“Sent”
The 12 Disciples - The 12 “Apostelo”
The Disciples (Learners)
The WORD made FLESH
& Dwelt among “us”
Jhn 1:14
The things SAID (Heard) and DONE (Seen)
Witnessed by “Mathetes” (Learners) who are “Sent” (Apostelo)
ONE God & Father, One LJC, One Spirit, One Master, One Gospel
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
“Teach”
“Preach”
“Teach”
“Forsake & Follow
The Father
“Preach”
The “People” or “Waters” or “Sea”
The Revelation
of Jesus Christ
Apostelo
“Sent”
The Disciples & Apostelo
“Mathete”
The things SAID (Heard) but not Seen
Joh 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy
Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Joh 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given
him.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou
hast sent.
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the
world was.
Joh 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and
thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
Joh 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
Joh 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have
known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Joh 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Joh 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Joh 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and
none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
H113
‫אדן אדון‬
'âdôn 'âdôn
aw-done', aw-done'
From an unused root (meaning to rule);
sovereign, that is, controller (human or
divine): - lord, master, owner. Compare
also names beginning with “Adoni-”.
G2962
κύριος
kurios
koo'-ree-os
From κῦρος kuros (supremacy); supreme
in authority, that is, (as noun) controller;
by implication Mr. (as a respectful title): God, Lord, master, Sir.
The OT Hebrew word for
“Master” is Adon
The NT Greek Equivalent
Is “Kurios” which is generally
Translated “Lord” but sometimes
“Master”
Didact
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”
The Lord was a TEACHER who TAUGHT Disciples
G3129
manthanō
Prolonged from a primary verb, another form of which, μαθέω matheō, is used as
an alternate in certain tenses; to learn (in any way): - learn, understand.
G3101
mathētēs
From G3129; a learner, that is, pupil: - disciple.
Mathete – Knowledge ....... Mathematics........... Poly Math
A Disciple is a Mathetes – a Learner of knowledge
“Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well”