'Name' in the Bible

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

See, the virgin will become pregnantand give birth to a son,and they will name Him Immanuel,which is translated “God is with us.”

“Therefore, you should pray like this:Our Father in heaven,Your name be honored as holy.

On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’

You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

The nations will put their hope in His name.

And whoever welcomes one child like this in My name welcomes Me.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:Hosanna to the Son of David!He who comes in the nameof the Lord is the blessed One!Hosanna in the highest heaven!

For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

“Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

He appointed the Twelve:To Simon, He gave the name Peter;

and to James the son of Zebedee,and to his brother John,He gave the name “Boanerges”(that is, “Sons of Thunder”);

“What is your name?” He asked him.“My name is Legion,” he answered Him, “because we are many.”

King Herod heard of this, because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.”

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”

“Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name who can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of My name, since you belong to the Messiah—I assure you: He will never lose his reward.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:Hosanna!He who comes in the nameof the Lord is the blessed One!

Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and they will deceive many.

And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him:Do not be afraid, Zechariah,because your prayer has been heard.Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,and you will name him John.

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Now listen:You will conceive and give birth to a son,and you will call His name Jesus.

because the Mighty Onehas done great things for me,and His name is holy.

When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote: HIS NAME IS JOHN. And they were all amazed.

When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was named Jesus—the name given by the angel before He was conceived.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

You are blessed when people hate you,when they exclude you, insult you,and slander your name as evilbecause of the Son of Man.

“What is your name?” Jesus asked him.“Legion,” he said—because many demons had entered him.

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

The Seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say:Father,Your name be honored as holy.Your kingdom come.

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

The King who comesin the name of the Lordis the blessed One.Peace in heavenand glory in the highest heaven!

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of My name.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name,

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

But to all who did receive Him,He gave them the right to be children of God,to those who believe in His name,

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.

Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

I have come in My Father’s name, yet you don’t accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me.

they took palm branches and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna! He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One—the King of Israel!”

Father, glorify Your name!”Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”

Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit—the Father will send Him in My name—will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me.

In that day you will not ask Me anything.“I assure you: Anything you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

In that day you will ask in My name. I am not telling you that I will make requests to the Father on your behalf.

I have revealed Your nameto the men You gave Me from the world.They were Yours, 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 namethat You have given Me,so that they may be one as We are one.

While I was with them,I was protecting them by Your namethat You have given Me.I guarded them and not one of them is lost,except the son of destruction,so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

I made Your name known to themand will make it known,so the love You have loved Me withmay be in them and I may be in them.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. (The slave’s name was Malchus.)

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

Then everyone who callson the name of the Lord will be saved.

“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!”

By faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Him has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by Him this man is standing here before you healthy.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”

However, so this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

So they called for them and ordered them not to preach or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

while You stretch out Your hand for healing, signs, and wonders to be performed through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”

“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man’s blood on us!”

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonored on behalf of the Name.

But when they believed Philip, as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

For He had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

But the Lord said to him, “Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”

But all who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn’t this the man who, in Jerusalem, was destroying those who called on this name and then came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.

so the rest of humanitymay seek the Lord—even all the Gentileswho are called by My name,declares the Lord who does these things,

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And she did this for many days.But Paul was greatly aggravated and turning to the spirit, said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out right away.

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”