CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY -- C. 1
Pervasive Witness of the N. T. to Christ, 1— 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 -- C.5
Narrative Designation, 5—Popular Designation,
6—Formulas of Address, 6—Significance of ‘Teacher’, 8—Significance of ‘Lord’, 9—Messianic 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 ... -- C.32
A Divine Intervention in Christ, 32—Christ’s Life Thoroughly Supernatural, 33—Jesus the Messiah, 34—Jesus’ Person Enhances His Designatons, 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 Assimilated to Jehovah, 45—Jesus Identified with Jehovah, 47—Mark’s Method, 50—Mark’s Silence, 51—Marie’s Conception of the Messiahship, 53.
THE DESIGNATIONS OF OUR LORD IN MATTHEW -- C.57
The Narrative Name, and Exceptions, 57— ‘Christ’ as a Proper Name, 59—Why so Seldom Used, 62—Jesus’ Popular Name, 63-—Early Use
of ‘Christ’ as a Proper Name, 64—Simple Honorific Addresses, 66—‘Master of the House’ 68— ‘Lord’ as an Address, 69—‘Lord’ as an Appellation, 72—Messianic Titles, 73—Our Lord’s Own Messianic Claims, 74—The Simple Messianic Designations, 76—Meaning of ‘the Son of God’, 78—Culminating Assertions, 81—Less Common Messianic Titles, 83—‘The Son of Man’, 84 —The High Meaning of ‘Son of Man’, 87.
MATTHEW’S CONCEPTION OF OUR LORD -- C.89
Profundity of Matthew’s Suggestiveness, 89— Richness 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 -- C.97
The Narrative Designations, 97—Ordinary Forms of Address, 99—‘Master’, 100—Lord’ as an Address, 101—‘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 SYNOPTISTS -- C.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 Conception 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.
THE JESUS OF THE SYNOPTISTS THE PRIMITIVE
JESUS -- C.146
Significance of Synoptical Testimony, 146—Date of the Synoptics, 146—Earlier Documentary Basis, 147—The Sources of the Synoptics, 148— Christology of the Primitive Mark, 149—Other Possible Elements in the Primitive Mark, 152— Christology of the ‘Primitive Sayings’, 153—Resort to ‘Historical Criticism’, 155-—The Reportor- ial Element in the Gospels, 156—Trustworthiness of the Evangelical 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 -- C.174
Same Christology in Synoptics and John , 174- Differences in Method, 175—The Prologue of John, 177—Jesus’ Narrative Name in John, 179—
Jesus’ Popular Designations, 180—Formulas of Address, 180—‘Lord’, 181—Jesus the ‘Christ’,
182—Jesus’ Own Use of ‘Jesus Christ’, 184—
Jesus’ Relation to God, 186—‘King’, 189— Accumulation of Titles, 189—Jesus Mission, 190—The ‘Lamb of God’, 192—Figurative Designations, 193—‘Son of Man’, 194—‘Son of God’, 195—‘Son’, 196—Eternal Sonship, 198— ‘God’, 199—‘God’, no New Title, 200.
THE DESIGNATIONS OF OUR LORD IN ACTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE -- C.202
Value of Acts’ Testimony, 202—‘Jesus’ in Acts,
203—‘Jesus of Nazareth’, 204—‘Jesus Christ’,
205— -- c.‘Christ Jesus’, 205—‘The Lord Jesus’,
206— -- c.‘Lord’, 207—‘Lord’ as Narrative Name,
209—‘Son of Man’, 212—‘Son of God’, 21S— Prevalence of ‘Christ’, 214—Accumulation of Titles, 216—‘The Name’, 218.
THE CORROBORATION OF THE EPISTLES OF
PAUL -- C.220
Relative Early Date of Paul’s Letters, 220—The Value of their Testimony, 221—Constant Use of ‘Lord’, 222—Ground of Jesus’ Lordship, 223—
‘Lord’ a Proper Name of Jesus, 226—Jesus Embraced in the One Godhead, 228—Trinitarian Background, 229—‘Lord’ the Trinitarian Name of Jesus, 231—Appearance of Subordination, 232 —Its Impossibility with Paul, 234—Implication of Term ‘Lord’, 236—Subordination is Humiliation, 237—Designations Compounded with ‘Lord’,
238—‘Christ’ Paul’s Favorite Designation, 241—
‘Christ Jesus’, 242—Jesus the ‘Saviour’, 244—
‘The Great God’, 245—‘The Beloved’, 245—
Jesus the ‘Man’, 247—But not Merely Man,
248—The Two Sides of Christ’s Being, 249—‘Son of God’, 251—God ‘the Father’, 252—Christ All that God Is, 254—Paul’s Jesus the Primitive Jesus, 255—Inaccessibility to Critical Doubts,
258—No Substantial Development, 260.
THE WITNESS OF THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES -- C.262
Catholic Epistles Corroborative, 262—James’ and Jude’s Christology High, 263—Christ ‘the Glory’,
264—Christ ‘the Despot’, 266—Christology of 1 Peter, 266—2 Peter and the Deity of Our Lord,
268—John’s Epistles and ‘the Son of God’, 270—
Jesus the ‘True God’, 272—How Our Lord’s Companions Thought of Him, 274.
THE WITNESS OF THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS -- C. 276
Prevalence of ‘Christ’, 276—Recognition of Jesus’ Humanity, 277—What ‘the Son’ is, 278—His Deity, 280—Soteriological Titles, 282—Christ our Priest, 284.
Contents
THE WITNESS OF THE APOCALYPSE . -- C.. -- C.. -- C.286
A Summary View of Early Conceptions, 286—
Two Classes of Designations, 287—Simple Designations, 287—Descriptive Designations, 290—
‘The Lamb’, 290—Accumulative Designations,
292—The Deity of Our Lord, 294—Trinitarian Background, 296.
THE ISSUE OF THE INVESTIGATION -- C.298
Fundamental Conviction of the Christian Community, 298—This Conviction Presupposes our Lord’s Teaching, 299—And Something More than His Teaching, 300—Including Something Very Conclusive, 301—Not Supposable that Jesus Made False Claims, 302—The Issue the Sufficient Evidence of the Source, 303.
INDEXES -- C.305
Index of the Designations of Our Lord, 307—Index of the Passages of Scripture Cited, 312—Index of Names Cited, 330.

This helpful study of the names of our Lord in the New Testament with particular reference to His Deity has long been recognized as an outstanding classic on the divinity of Jesus Christ. The author teaches inductively the New Testament testimony to Christianity’s central Figure. Professor Warfield writes profoundly, yet in a style not difficult to follow.