Do none of the New Testament letters really
mention "Jesus", but only "Christ"?
Posted: Aug 28/2k
Somebody read an article somewhere making a bizarre claim (and was disturbed by it, obviously)...
A second article points out that none of the New
Testament letters written during the first century specifically mention Jesus,
but only "Christ" who is not necessarily identified with Jesus of
Nazareth (sp?). Help! Help! Help!
I did a quick check...
"My NT concordance shows 352 verses in JUST Paul's epistles
with the words "Jesus" AND "Christ" in them, from every
single epistle--surely SOME of these are written by him in the 1st century
before he died in 66ad (smile)... and 76 occurrences of "Jesus" and
"Christ" in the other
NT non-historical writings (Heb-Jude)...there are 8 verses in
Acts in which Jesus is SPECIFICALLY linked with Nazareth/Nazarene, INCLUDING
one disclosure to Paul by Jesus (road to Damascus), as recounted by him at this
trial---long before
he wrote any of his letters...