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applied to the Lord Jesus, 1 Pet. 2:3, and ‘Jehovah of Hosts, Him shall ye sanctify,’ Isa.
8:13, becomes ‘sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord,’ 3:15.
“So also James who uses
$
alike of God, 1:7 (cf. v. 5); 3:9; 4:15; 5:4, 10, 11, and
of the Lord Jesus, 1:1 (where the possibility that
is intended epexegetically, i.e. =
even, cf. 1 Thess. 3:11, should not be overlooked); 2:1 (lit., ‘our Lord Jesus Christ of
glory,’ cf. Ps. 24:7; 29:3; Acts 7:2; 1 Cor. 2:8); 5:7, 8, while the language of 4:10; 5:15, is
equally applicable to either.
“Jude, v. 4, speaks of ‘our only—Lord, Jesus Christ,’ and immediately, v. 5, uses
‘Lord’ of God (see the remarkable marg. here), as he does later, vv. 9, 14.
“Paul ordinarily uses
$
of the Lord Jesus, 1 Cor. 1:3, e.g., but also on occasion,
of God, in quotations from the OT, 1 Cor. 3:20, e.g., and in his own words, 1 Cor. 3:5, cf.
v. 10. It is equally appropriate to either in 1 Cor. 7:25; 2 Cor. 3:16; 8:21; 1 Thess. 4:6,
and if 1 Cor. 11:32 is to be interpreted by 10:21, 22, the Lord Jesus is intended, but if by
Heb. 12:5-9, then
$
here also = God. 1 Tim. 6:15, 16 is probably to be understood of
the Lord Jesus, cf. Rev. 17:14.
“Though John does not use ‘Lord’ in his Epistles, and though, like the other
Evangelists, he ordinarily uses the personal Name in his narrative, yet he occasionally
speaks of Him as ‘the Lord,’ John 4:1; 6:23; 11:2; 20:20; 21:12.
“The full significance of this association of Jesus with God under the one appellation,
‘Lord,’ is seen when it is remembered that these men belonged to the only monotheistic
race in the world. To associate with the Creator one known to be a creature, however
exalted, though possible to Pagan philosophers, was quite impossible to a Jew.
“It is not recorded that in the days of His flesh any of His disciples either addressed
the Lord, or spoke of Him, by His personal Name. Where Paul has occasion to refer to
the facts of the gospel history he speaks of what the Lord Jesus said, Acts 20:35, and did,
1 Cor. 11:23, and suffered, 1 Thess. 2:15; 5:9, 10. It is our Lord Jesus who is coming, 1
Thess. 2:19, etc. In prayer also the title is given, 3:11; Eph. 1:3; the sinner is invited to
believe on the Lord Jesus, Acts 16:31; 20:21, and the saint to look to the Lord Jesus for
deliverance, Rom. 7:24, 25, and in the few exceptional cases in which the personal Name
stands alone a reason is always discernible in the immediate context.
“The title ‘Lord,’ as given to the Savior, in its full significance rests upon the
resurrection, Acts 2:36; Rom. 10:9; 14:9, and is realized only in the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor.
12:3.”*
2.
(
, 1203), “a master, lord, one who possesses supreme authority,”
is used in personal address to God in Luke 2:29; Acts 4:24; Rev. 6:10; with reference to
Christ, 2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4; elsewhere it is translated “master,” “masters,” 1 Tim. 6:1, 2; 2
Tim. 2:21 (of Christ); Titus 2:9; 1 Pet. 2:18. See
MASTER
.¶
Note:
For
, rendered “Lord” in the
KJV
of Mark 10:51, see
RABBONI
.
3.
(
, 3175**), akin to
, “greatest,” the superlative degree
of
, “great,” denotes “chief men, nobles”, it is rendered “lords” in Mark 6:21, of
nobles in Herod’s entourage; “princes” in Rev. 6:15 and 18:23,
RV
(
KJV
, “great men”).¶
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine p.25.