'Name' in the Bible

She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.

“Pray, then, in this way:‘Our Father who is in heaven,Hallowed be Your name.

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

“And in His name the Gentiles will hope.”

And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David;Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;Hosanna in the highest!”

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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

And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),

and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”);

And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he *said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

“Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.”

But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.

Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting:“Hosanna!Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;

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

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

“For the Mighty One has done great things for me;And holy is His name.

And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”

And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished.

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him.

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us.”

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

And He said to them, “When you pray, say:‘Father, hallowed be Your name.Your kingdom come.

Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

shouting:“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord;Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not go after them.

and you will be hated by all because of My name.

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

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

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing.

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.

took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

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

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

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized 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 do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, “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, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name.”

And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

They took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.

So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.

But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?”

But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”

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

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,’

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

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.

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