'Lord' in the Bible

it fell to his lot--according to the custom of the priesthood--to go into the Sanctuary of the Lord and burn the incense;

Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense;

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

Many of the descendants of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God;

and he will be His forerunner in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn fathers' hearts to the children, and cause the rebellious to walk in the wisdom of the upright, to make a people perfectly ready for the lord."

"Thus has the Lord dealt with me," she said, "now that He has graciously taken away my reproach among men."

So Gabriel went into the house and said to her, "Joy be to you, favoured one! the Lord is with you."

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

And blessed is she who has believed, for the word spoken to her from the Lord shall be fulfilled."

Then Mary said: "My soul extols the Lord,

and her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel," he said, "Because He has not forgotten His people but has effected redemption for them,

And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

when suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them; and they were filled with terror.

For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day, in the town of David.

Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--

as it is written in the Law of the Lord: "Every first-born male shall be called holy to the Lord."

And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."

"Now, O Sovereign Lord, Thou dost send Thy servant away in peace, in fulfilment of Thy word,

as it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying aloud! 'In the Desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'To the Lord thy God thou shalt do homage, and to Him alone shalt thou render worship.'"

The reply of Jesus was, "It is said, 'Thou shalt not put the Lord they God to the proof.'"

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor; He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners of war and recovery of sight to the blind: to send away free those whom tyranny has crushed,

to proclaim the year of acceptance with the Lord."

One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."

The Lord saw her, was moved with pity for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. "I give Thee fervent thanks," He exclaimed, "O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" he replied, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole strength, and thy whole mind; and thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"

"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.

And the Lord said, "Hear those words of the unjust judge.

Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."

"Blessed is the King," they cried, "who comes in the name of the Lord: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."

But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand

"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"

and on entering they found that the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.