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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Master (Title of a leader)

A title, not a name. Luke especially uses it for Jesus where the others would say teacher.

Terms and titlesCanon + Second TempleNew TestamentM
First, in plain English

A title, not a name. Luke especially uses it for Jesus where the others would say teacher.

Who this is

Master is a title used throughout the Gospels, especially in Luke, as a form of respectful address to Jesus, roughly equivalent to teacher or rabbi, rather than the name of a person.

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The word

G4461

Where it appears
  • Matthew 23:7
  • Matthew 23:8
  • Matthew 26:25
  • Matthew 26:49
  • Mark 9:5
  • Mark 11:21
  • Mark 14:45
  • John 1:38
  • John 1:49
  • John 3:2
  • John 3:26
  • John 4:31
  • John 6:25
  • John 9:2
  • John 11:8

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