In the ESV, “Jesus” occurs 925 times, all in the New Testament. The only book of the New Testament that does not contain the name Jesus is 3 John. Show The number is slightly different in each version because of variations in the ancient manuscripts and because the translators will sometimes choose to insert a name in place of a pronoun to make the passage clearer. Tagged with → Jesus • translation The table below gives some word counts for four popular versions of the Bible.* There is no single correct way to translate the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Bible manuscripts into English. The grammar, structure, and style of those languages are very different from English, and a literal word-for-word translation is not possible. Therefore, the number of times a particular word appears is usually different for each version of the Bible.
*These word counts are approximate. They include only the base word as shown. Thus, the count for "Lord" does not include "Lord's," and the count for "light" does not include "lights," "lighted," "daylight," etc. Headings, footnotes and the books of the Apocrypha are not included. Different search programs will often find different numbers, depending on the exact search algorithm used. Is Christ mentioned in the Old Testament?Perhaps the most well-known Old Testament passage about Christ, Isaiah 53 describes how Christ was pierced, seized, and condemned. He did not fight back; He bore our punishment, taking all of our sins upon Himself.
Where is Christ mentioned in the Bible?Mark 1:1 ("The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God") identifies Jesus as both Christ and the Son of God. Matthew 1:1 uses Christ as a name and Matthew 1:16 explains it again with: "Jesus, who is called Christ".
What are the 12 names of Jesus?Names of Jesus Christ. Savior. “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe” (1 Timothy 4:10).. Redeemer. ... . Bread of Life. ... . Lord. ... . Creator. ... . Son of the Living God. ... . Only Begotten Son. ... . Beloved Son.. How many references to Christ are there in the Old Testament?Both the Old and New Testaments are filled with references to Christ which we will examine in some detail here. For instance concerning prophecies of the coming of Christ there are 1,845 references to it in the Old Testament, and a total of seventeen Old Testament books give it prominence.
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