MY NAME’S MEANING

Interview YOUR PARENTS about the history

and meaning of your name.
PERSON OF JESUS
“Though He was in the form of God, He
did not regard equality with God,
something to be grasped. Rather, He
emptied Himself, taking the form of a
slave, coming in human likeness; found
human in appearance, he humbled
himself, becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross.”
-Philippians 2:6-8
A. The Name JESUS
Our Catholic faith teaches that
Jesus is the Second Person of the
Blessed Trinity. Jesus is His
personal and human name.

How did Mary and Joseph

know that the boy is to be
named Jesus? (Mt 1:18-
25/Lk 1:26-38)
The Name JESUS

The name Jesus is a Greek

translation of the Hebrew
name Joshua which
means “Savior” or
“salvation”.
Jesus is his personal and human name. It is the
name given to Mary by an angel. It means
YAHWEH is my salvation or simply SAVIOR.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.1 In relation to His earthly work
1.Prophet (nabi)
He answers a calling
from God, explains
all dimensions of
events, proclaims
the Word of God
with authority in
word and deed.
2.Suffering Servant
(Ebed Yahweh)

Jesus voluntarily
accepts humiliation and
offers vicarious
atonement for sins for
his task is acceptable to
Yahweh.
3. High Priest
Jesus intercedes and
mediates for us. He offers
himself as a sacrifice. He is
the PRIEST of all priests.
 4. Teacher (Rabbi)
Rabbi means Master. It connotes respect and honor.
He chooses his disciples and commissions them. He
claims to have certainty, authority and power on
what he taught;

practices what he taught; His teachings are unique

(about love, calling God as Abba, use of parables,
coming of the Kingdom of God)
 5. Shepherd
A Shepherd is the one who takes care of the
sheep. Jesus is the mediator between God and
man. Jesus leads the sheep to the doorway.
He knows and loves his sheep; by loving his
sheep, he is ready to sacrifice his life for his
sheep.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.2 In relation to His future work
1.Christ
This is his official title which
captures his threefold
function as priest, prophet
and king. This name means
anointed one.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.2 In relation to His future work
2.Son of Man
This title appears 40 times in the New
Testament. It is used by Christ to
conceal his divinity and to emphasize
his humanity. He possesses divine
majesty who has the authority to
forgive sins, who is ready to lay down
his life and take it up again.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.2 In relation to His future work
3. Judge
He is sent by the Father
to save the world not to
condemn it. His
judgment is not based on
appearance but based on
good works.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.3 In relation to His present work
1. Lord
The word Lord implies
ownership or master of
something that attributes
honor, dignity, and
respect.
Its Greek term kyrios refers to someone who is
a ruler or control of things. To all Jesus Lord
means that He is the supreme owner and master
of our lives.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.3 In relation to His present work
2. Savior
The word comes the Greek
word soter and the
Hebrew word Yeshua
which means Yahweh
saves.
Jesus as the savior is the healer and liberator of
the whole person.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.3 In relation to His present work
3. Rock
The word is derived from
Greek word lithos and is
translated into Latin petros
which both means stone or
piece of rock.

Jesus as a rock is the strong foundation of our lives

and Christian faith. He is our strength and source of
divine favor.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.4 In relation to His Pre-Existence
1. Word
Jesus as the Word of
God is the fullness of
Divine Revelation.
He is the fullness of
God’s message. Jesus
completely and
perfectly revealed the
fullness of God.
 B. TITLES OF JESUS
B.4 In relation to His Pre-Existence
1. Son of God
Jesus’ Baptism in Jordan
River affirms His unique
sonship as the voice from
heaven spoke: You are my
Beloved with you I am well
pleased.
This title his position in the
Holy Trinity.
C. HUMAN AND DIVINE OF JESUS
C1. The Human Nature of Jesus

1. He possesses the
essential elements
of human nature
C. HUMAN AND DIVINE OF JESUS
C1. The Human Nature of Jesus
2. He has human parents
C. HUMAN AND DIVINE NATURE OF JESUS
C1. The Human Nature of Jesus
3. He has human appearance
 C. HUMAN AND DIVINE OF JESUS
C1. The Human Nature of Jesus
3. He has human emotions
 Feeling sorry for the widow of Nain
 Being hurt by the argument by the nine lepers
 Feeling upset by the argument of His disciples
about the greatest in the Kingdom of God
 Wept when sorrowful
 Anger
 Complaining
 C. HUMAN AND DIVINE OF JESUS
C1. The Human Nature of Jesus
4. He human sinless infirmities
 Fatigue
 Hunger fatigue
 Thirst
 Fear
 Pain
 The Human Nature of Jesus

5. He possesses human
characteristics:

• Humility and Love

(Jn 13:14)
• Meekness (Mt 26:52-53)
• Balance (Lk 19:41-44)
The Human Nature of Jesus

6. He is a man of profound
sensitivity, compassion
and mercy:

• He calmed Peter, James

and John (Mt 17:1-8)
• He touched lepers (Mt 8:1-4)
• He sadly gazed at Peter
with love and forgiveness
(Lk 22:61)
 The Human Nature of Jesus
• He was moved with
the faith of a woman
(Lk 8:1-11)
• He displayed great
courage to stop
stoning the woman to
death (Jn 8:1-11)
• He forgave a sinful woman who
broke into the house of Simon the
Pharisee (Lk 7:36-50)
 The Human Nature of Jesus
7. He performed human activities:

• Praying (Mk 1:35)

• Working (Jn 5:17)
• Learning
 The Human Nature of Jesus
8. He took part in the social life of his day:
• Wedding at Cana
(Jn 2:1ff)
• Passover Celebration
( Lk 2:41ff)
• Paying of Taxes
• Sabbath Worship at
Synagogue
The Divine Nature of Jesus

A. He was virginally conceived (Lk 1:35)

B. He possessed divine characteristics:
• Eternal
• Omnipresence
• Omniscience
• Omnipotence
The Divine Nature of Jesus

C. He performed divine activities:

• He created
(Jn 1:1-3, Col 1:16)
• He forgave sin (Mt 9:1-8)

• He exercised judgement
(2 Tim 4:1)
• He was worshipped (Jn
14:13-14)
D. Symbols of Jesus

Alpha and Omega

In the book of Revelation, Jesus says of
himself, “I am Alpha and Omega, the First
and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
(Rev 22.13) Alpha is the first letter of the
Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last
one. Putting the two together, they
represent the eternity of Christ as the Son
of God.
D. Symbols of Jesus
D. Symbols of Jesus
Chi - Rho

The Chi-Rho is a combination of the

Greek letter chi (X) and rho (P), which
are the first two letters of the Greek
word for “Christ,” and so when put
together represent “Jesus.”
D. Symbols of Jesus The IHS (or JHS, occasionally YHS)
monogram of the name of Jesus
(i.e. the traditional Christogram
symbol of western Christianity) is
derived from the first three letters of
the Greek name of Jesus (ΙΗΣΟΥΣ),
Iota-Eta-Sigma.

IHS
D. Symbols of Jesus

Ichthus or Fish

Ichthys is the Greek word for fish, and it was

one of the most important early Christian
symbols. Not only did fish feature in several
miracles of Jesus in the Gospels, but the
ichthys was taken as an acrostic for the
Greek phrase “Iēsous Christos Theou Hyios
Sōtēr,” which means “Jesus Christ, Son of
God, Savior.”
D. Symbols of Jesus

Lamb of God

Lamb of God is a title for Jesus that appears in

the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29,
where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims,
"Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the
sin of the world."