Over 80 Names and Titles of Jesus Christ Across All Five Volumes of Scripture

The scriptures do not use a single title for Jesus Christ. They use dozens -- and each one reveals something specific about who He is and what He does. He is called "Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" in Isaiah 9:6, a prophetic verse that layers five distinct titles into a single sentence. He is "the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world" in John 1:29, an image that connects directly to the Passover lamb of Exodus and to the sacrificial system of the Mosaic law. He is "the light and the life of the world" in 3 Nephi 11:11, words He speaks about Himself as He descends to the Nephites at Bountiful. Each name is a lens, and studying them together gives you a more complete picture of Christ than any single title can provide.

Some names appear in only one volume of scripture, which makes them particularly revealing. The title "Holy One of Israel" appears frequently in the Book of Mormon -- especially in 2 Nephi, where Nephi draws heavily on Isaiah -- but it is relatively rare in the New Testament. This is consistent with the Book of Mormon's Old Testament literary roots. Conversely, the title "Alpha and Omega" appears in Revelation and in the Doctrine and Covenants, linking the Savior's identity across dispensations. The Book of Mormon introduces "the Eternal God" in its title page, a name that immediately signals the text's central witness.

The Names of Christ tool on Scripture Deep gathers every distinct name and title used for Jesus Christ across the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. For each name, the tool shows every verse where it appears, groups names by theme (covenant names, sacrificial names, kingly names, pastoral names), and lets you trace how a single title is used across different books and authors. You can see, for instance, that "Mediator" appears in the New Testament epistles and in Doctrine and Covenants 76, while "Creator" spans from Genesis to Mormon to Moses.

Studying these names devotionally is one of the most rewarding forms of scripture study. When you read "the Good Shepherd" in John 10 and then encounter "the great Shepherd" in Alma 5:38, you are watching two authors separated by centuries and continents reach for the same image to describe the same Being. The consistency is not formulaic -- each author brings his own context and emphasis. But the underlying identity is unmistakable, and the accumulation of names across five volumes builds a portrait of Christ that is far richer than any single tradition could produce.