The Disciple's understanding of the titles of Jesus evolves throughout all of the Gospels, this is reflected in particular in Mark's Gospel with his use of the titles for Jesus. Mark opens the Gospel using the Term the 'Son of God', showing this is his opinion of how Jesus should be viewed.

The title Son of God most obviously refers to the promise God made with king David; that his descendants would follow him onto the throne of Israel, one of them being the 'Son of God' - a Messiah. It can be said though Jesus never physically sat on the throne of Israel. But a Christian making an anti-semitistic statement can often be argued down by another saying Jesus was in fact the 'King of the Jews' whose homeland is Israel, so when thinking metaphorically this fits rather nicely.

However this title is only used four times throughout the Gospel: one mentioned above; another when Jesus is exorcising demons in Mk. 3:11 they would call out "You are the Son of God" but he would immediately silence them, suggesting he did not want people to hear him referred to in this way; in Mk. 14:61+62 facing trial before the High Priest He answers yes when questioned if He was, in

The second title used for, and by, Jesus (this is how he most often described himself), is the 'Son of God' this can be related to three things: He was an ordinary man, the reference in Daniel 7 in which the prophet describes the coming of 'one like the Son of Man'' - a messiah like figure, and at the time of Jesus it could have been an indirect way of saying 'I'.

The final term is actually three likewise terms that were never used together because it would just sound silly: Messiah/Christ/Son of David. Messiah and Christ are actually the same word but in Hebrew and Greek respectively, meaning anointed one with a special mission from God. Son of David is just a continuation of the easy to swallow 'Son of -' tactic but still essentially refers to the same thing.

In conclusion it shows that the Jews were expecting a warrior and successor to the line of David which is what the titles would have suggested at the time of Jesus and before. But for modern christian they show us that Jesus was God, The Son - the second part of the holy trinity - and that he was God incarnate, come to Earth in human form.

Also, in Mk. 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus has come to believe this from what he has heard, which is shown when Jesus is entering into Jerusalem he hears Bartimaeus calling him 'Son of David'. And finally at the trial before the Sanhedrin he accepts the title, which is the final evidence needed to execute Him.

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