statement, the name Jesus occupies an emphatic position at the end of the clause.
2. The Name of Christ ( the Christ ) occurs just as many times as Jesus. It is desirable to notice separately the two forms in which it is used. The definite form the Christ ( oJ cristov" ) appears always to retain more or less distinctly the idea of the office as the crown of the old Covenant: the anarthrous form Christ ( Cristov" ) is rather a proper name.
3:14 mevtocoi tou' cristou' gegovnamen ...we have become partakers in Him Who has fulfilled the hope of the fathers.
5:5 oJ cristo;" oujc eJauto;n ejdovxasen genhqh'nai ajrciereva though the High-priesthood might have seemed to be necessarily included in the office to which He was sent.
6:1 to;n th'" ajrch'" tou' cristou' lovgon , the elementary exposition of the Gospel as the true accomplishment of all that was promised to Israel.
9:14 to; ai|ma tou' cristou' , the blood of Him to Whom every sacrificial ordinance of the Levitical ritual pointed. Contrast 10:19.
9:28 oJ cristo;" a{pax prosenecqeiv" ... ojfqhvsetai . That which seemed to be disappointment in the Death of Him to Whom the people had looked shall hereafter be turned to glory.
11:26 to;n ojneidismo;n tou' cristou' . Each hero of faith realised a little of that which is the part of the Messenger of God.
The anarthrous form is less frequent: 3:6 ( Mwush'" mevn )... Cristo;" de; wJ" uiJov" ... 9:11 Cristo;" de; paragenovmeno" ajrciereuv" ... 9:24 ouj ga;r eij" ceiropoivhta eijsh'lqen a{gia Cristov" ( text. rec. oJ cristov" ).
The force of this Name will be felt if the student substitutes for it the human Name. Throughout ch. 9 the thought is of the typical teaching of the Law.
3. The title Son is with one exception (1:8) always anarthrous. The writer, that is, fixes the attention of his readers upon the nature implied by it:
1:2
ejlavlhsen ejn uiJw'/
as contrasted with
ejn toi'" profhvtai"
. 1:5
uiJov" mou ei\ suv
(LXX.). 5:5.
3:6
Cristo;" de; wJ" uiJov"
as contrasted with
Mwush'"
...
wJ" qeravpwn
. 5:8
kaivper w]n uiJov"
, and therefore having personally right of access to the Father.
7:28 uiJovn, eij" to;n aijw'na teteleiwmevnon as contrasted with ajnqrwvpou" ... e[conta" ajsqevneian .
4. The title Lord is comparatively rare. 2:3 ( swthriva ) ajrch;n labou'sa lalei'sqai dia; tou' kurivou . 7:14 ejx jIouvda ajnatevtalken oJ kuvrio" hJmw'n . The title here is perhaps suggested by the royal tribe.
Compare also 1:10; 12:14; 13:20.
5. Of compound Names that which is elsewhere most common (more than thirty times in the Epistle to the Romans, eleven times in 1 Peter),
Jesus Christ
, is comparatively very rare:
10:10 dia; th'" prosfora'" tou' swvmato" jIhsou' Cristou' . 13:8 jIhsou'" Cristo;" ejcqe;" kai; shvmeron oJ aujtov" ... 13:21 dia; jIhsou' Cristou', w|/ hJ dovxa eij" tou;" aijw'na" tw'n aijwvnwn .