Jesus
This Greek title which, like the Hebrew word Messiah means "anointed," has become almost a last name for Jesus.
What is Christ?
People who use this, the simplest of Christograms, as a replacement for the word "Christ" are sometimes criticized for being lazy or even blasphemous.
What is X? Our letter X is the same as the Greek letter Chi, the first letter of the name of Christ in Greek: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ or ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ
This common designation of Jesus was used by Satan during the temptations, by demons, and by the disciples after Jesus came to them during the storm, walking on the water.
What is Son of God?
The writer of the Gospel of Matthew quotes from Isaiah, offering another name for Jesus, which he says means, "God with us."
What is Emmanuel? All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.” Matthew 1:22-23
This Christogram and symbol are often found on bumper stickers.
What is IXTHUS and the fish symbol?" IXTHUS means fish in Greek. Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σωτήρ" Jesus Christ God Son Savior Jesus Christ Son of God Savior
This three-word title is the one used most frequently by Jesus in the Gospels when referring to himself.
What is Son of Man?
This Greek title became very common in the New Testament and later as a way of referring to Jesus. We use a form of this word as a heading for one element of our worship service each Sunday.
What is Kyrios (Lord)? The Kyrie Eleison in the bulletin after the prayer of confession. It means, "Lord, have mercy."
This Christogram (see model holding parament) is one of the oldest and can be found in the Westminster sanctuary hanging from the lectern during Lent and possibly at other times.
What is the Chi Rho? These are the first two Greek letters in the name Christ: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ
This person is one of only two people in the Gospels to call Jesus Rabbouni, which is an Aramaic word, like the Hebrew word Rabbi, that means, "Teacher."
Who is Mary Magdalene? (At the garden tomb on Easter morning.) The other person was the blind man Bartimaeus in Mark.
This three letter Christogram comes from as early as the seventh century and is found in many churches, including Westminster. It is sometime erroneously thought to mean "In this sign conquer," with reference to Constantine's vision of the cross.
What is IHS? These are the first three Greek letters of the name Jesus: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ It is also sometimes thought to stand for "Jesus, Savior of Men," but that is a "backronym," a phrase designed to fit an existing monogram.
One suggestion for the meaning of the name Jesus has to do with what activity of God that benefits humans?
What is salvation?
While it is very common to refer to Jesus as "Savior" in Christian circles, there is only one instance in the New Testament where this title is used of Jesus. It was this group of non-Jews who spoke of Jesus as Savior. Ask for another clue if needed.
Who are the Samaritans? "...they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Savior of the world." John 4:42
The Orthodox churches use this Christogram, made up of the first and last Greek letters of the names Jesus and Christ.
What is ICXC? ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ The Greek letter "sigma" has two forms: Σ, like our S, and C, like our C