The word Christ is not a surname but a title
English: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. A miniature from the 12th-century Jruchi Gospels II MSS from Georgia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Mark 9:30–32 “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise” ( v. 31 ). Peter’s great confession at Caesarea Philippi ( 16:16 ) proclaims our Lord as the “Son of the living God.” The transfiguration (17:1–8), in particular, is a striking illustration of the majesty of our Savior. In order that we might better understand and praise the majesty of the second person of the Trinity , especially as He is revealed in the names given to Him in Scripture. The various titles ascribed to Jesus in the New Testament give us insight into His majesty. Were we to sit down and count the frequency of each, we would find that the Greek title christos, which we translate as “ Christ ,” is the title most often used of Jesus in the New Testament. Christ is not Jesu