'Name' in the Bible

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."

"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

And in his name unbelievers will hope."

and whoever receives a little child like this in my name receives me."

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

They brought him a denarius. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name is this?"

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

screaming in a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in the name of God never to torment me!"

Then Jesus asked him, "What's your name?"

He told him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us." He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of that region.

King Herod heard about this, because Jesus' name had become well-known. He was saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead! That's why he is able to do these miracles."

"Whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me."

John told Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."

But Jesus said, "Don't stop him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name are on this?" They told him, "Caesar's."

Many will come in my name and say, "I AM,' and they will deceive many people.

You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved."

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

During the reign of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel told him, "Stop being afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

because the Almighty has done great things for me. His name is holy.

On the eighth day they went to circumcise the child. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father,

Their friends told her, "None of your relatives has that name."

So they motioned to the baby's father to see what he wanted to name him.

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And everyone was amazed.

After eight days had passed, the infant was circumcised and named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus asked the man, "What's your name?"

Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus' feet and kept begging him to come to his home,

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

John said, "Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."

The 70 disciples came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"

So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

Look! Your house is left vacant to you. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

They said, "How blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!"

"Show me a denarius. Whose face and name does it have?" "Caesar's," they replied.

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name.

The one whose name was Cleopas answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened there in the past few days?"

and then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's unique Son.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.

It's to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it's his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf,

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"

Father, glorify your name."

I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it."

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

On that day, you won't ask me for anything. Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

At that time, you will make your requests in my name, so that I will have no need to ask the Father on your behalf,

I have made your name known to these men whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your Name, the Name that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

I made your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them."

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth, walk!"

It is his name that is, by faith in his name that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.

They made Peter and John stand in front of them and began asking, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

you and all the people of Israel must understand that this man stands healthy before you because of the name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.

There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."

So they called Peter and John back in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

as you stretch out your hand to heal and to perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

One man, Joseph, a descendant of Levi and a native of Cyprus, who was named Barnabas by the apostles (the name means "a son of encouragement"),

He said, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in his name, didn't we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man's blood on us!"

So they were convinced by him. After calling in the apostles and beating them, they again ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and let them go.

They left the Council, rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.

But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Messiah, men and women believed and were baptized.

Before this, he had not come on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

He is here with authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on your name."

But the Lord told him, "Go, because he's my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

Everyone who heard him was astonished and said, "This is the man who harassed those who were calling on Jesus' name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?"

Barnabas, however, introduced Saul to the apostles, telling them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

So he freely circulated among them in Jerusalem, speaking courageously in the name of the Lord.

All the prophets testify to this: everyone who believes in Jesus receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

So Peter ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah. Then they asked him to stay there for several days.

But Elymas the occult practitioner (that is the meaning of his name) continued to oppose them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things

She kept doing this for many days until Paul became annoyed, turned to her and told the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus the Messiah to come out of her!" And it came out that very moment.