“Jesus is Lord” (Greek: Kurios Iesous) is the shortest credal affirmation found in the New Testament, one of several slightly more elaborate variations.
In antiquity, in general use, the term ‘lord’ was a courtesy title for social superiors, but its root meaning was ‘ruler’. Kings everywhere were styled ‘Lord’ and often considered divine beings so the word acquired a religious significance. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek in the Septuagint long before Christianity, Kurios was used for the divine tetragrammaton JHVH which was no longer read aloud but replaced with adonai a special form of the Hebrew adon = ‘lord’.
For a Christian to recognise Jesus as Lord caused problems for society. When in 27 B.C. Roman Emperor Octavian received the title of “Augustus” it carried religious overtones, suggesting a special relationship with the world of the gods, symbolised by the cult of the Emperor’s ‘genius’, a veiled form of emperor-worship. To refuse to honor the national gods was unpatriotic and akin to sabotage. By around 150 A.D. provincials had made up their minds that the Christians by refusing to worship the gods were responsible for all manner of ills such as famine, plague and earthquakes and of practices such as cannibalism and black magic.
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Keywords: Jesus is Lord, Lord Jesus, Jesus is God, Kurios, Kurios lord
Bible reference(s): Matthew 7:21-22, Luke 6:46, Matthew 22:45, Mark 12:37, Luke 20:44, Act 2:36, Mark 16:19, Luke 24:3, Acts 1:21, Acts 4:33, Acts 7:59, Acts 8:16, Acts 11:17, Acts 11:20, Acts 15:11, Acts 15:26, Acts 16:31, Acts 19:5, Acts 19:13, Acts 19:17, Acts 20:21, Acts 20:24, Acts 20:35, Acts 21:13, Acts 28:31, Romans 1:7, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:11, Romans 13:14, Romans 14:14, Romans 15:6, Romans 15:30, Romans 16:20, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 1:3, 1 Corinthians 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 5:4, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Corinthians 11:23, 1 Corinthians 15:57, 1 Corinthians 16:23, 2 Corinthians 1:2, 2 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:14, 2 Corinthians 4:14, 2 Corinthians 8:9, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Galatians 1:3, Galatians 6:14, Galatians 6:18, Ephesians 1:2, Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:15, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 5:20, Ephesians 6:23, Ephesians 6:24, Philippians 1:2, Philippians 2:19, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 4:23, Colossians 1:3, Colossians 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:28, 2 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 3:18, 1 Timothy 6:3, 1 Timothy 6:14, Philemon 1:3, Philemon 1:5, Philemon 1:25, Hebrews 13:20, James 1:1, James 2:1, 1 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 1:8, 2 Peter 1:14, 2 Peter 1:16, Jude 1:4, Jude 1:17, Jude 1:21, Revelation 22:20, Revelation 22:21, Romans 10:9, Philippians 2:11, Romans 1:4, Romans 5:21, Romans 7:25, 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 12:3, Jude 1:25
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