ich He was to be known in His family and among
the people of Nazareth. During His ministry He was described as "Jesus,
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee";[037] and the title affixed to His
cross by Pilate was "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." Yet, as
if to make emphatic the truth that His humanity did not derogate from
His Divine power and Godhead, the first Evangelist, who describes the
angel's visit, quotes in immediate connection Isaiah's prophetic
announcement, "They shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, GOD with us."[038] In the name Jesus thus bestowed we
have the announcement of Himself as a personal Saviour from sin, in its
power and consequences. Of those who had borne it before Him some were
raised up to deliver the people of their nation from suffering in time,
but He came to be man's everlasting Saviour. "Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved."[039] It is important therefore to bear in
mind that Jesus is a name not only given to Him by God, but a name
itself Divine; not only the name by which, as that of a Mediator, we
worship God, but the name under which, as that of God Himself, we
worship Him. "God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."[040]

SECTION 3.--CHRIST

In ancient times no such appellations as those now termed surnames were
given to individuals. One name only was distinctive. Both among the Jews
and among the Greeks this system of nomenclature prevailed, family names
being unknown. It was different with the Romans, by many of whom more
names than one were borne. In reading ancient Greek history, we find
illustrious personages known by one name only, as Plato, Aristotle,
Socrates, Solon. The same feature marks early Jewish history. Abraham,
Isaac, Moses, Job were not known by any other names than these.
Sometimes names were changed or modified in order to express some
speciality of character or achievement--Abram to Abraham, Jacob to
Israel, Hoshea to Joshua. In later times appellations descriptive of the
work or office of individuals were attached to their original names, as
in the cases of John the Baptist, of Matthew the Pub