Exaltation and Name of Jesus
The crucified one raised high and given the name at which every knee shall bow
This concept proclaims that God exalted the crucified Christ and gave him the name above every name, before which all are to bow. It draws on Philippians 2:9-11, where humiliation gives way to exaltation. The passage links Christ's lowly death with his glorification, presenting his name as worthy of universal honor and his lordship as confessed by all creation.
How it traveled
- PhilippiansRome · c. 67 CEexplains
- HebrewsRome · c. 67 CEexplains
- ActsRome · c. 84 CEexplains
- RevelationPatmos · c. 100 CEexplains
- JohnEphesus · c. 100 CEapplies
- A Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 407 CEexplains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · c. 407 CEexplains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · c. 1274 CEexplains
Key passages(20)
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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
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Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
What is the hymn of those above? The Faithful know. What say the cherubim above? What say the Angels? “Glory to God in the highest.” (Ps. cxii. 5.) Therefore after the psalmody come the hymns, as a th
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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom
Ver. 9–11. “Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and gave Him the Name which is above every name: that in the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and thing
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Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59) · Thomas Aquinas
Objection 3: Further, the name Jesus signifies "salvation"; as is clear from Mat. 1:21: "She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus. For He shall save His people from their sins."
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that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.
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The Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes. · Archelaus
48. On hearing these statements, the multitudes assembled were greatly moved, as if they felt that these reasonings gave the correct account of the truth, and that Archelaus could have nothing to urge
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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you who
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There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
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He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
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He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
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The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem
Compare the fragment of the Apology of Quadratus presented to Hadrian 127 a.d., preserved by Eusebius (H.E. IV. iii.): “But the works of our Saviour were always present, for they were genuine:—those t
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And hear again how Isaiah in express words foretold that He should be born of a virgin; for he spoke thus: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bring forth a son, and they shall say for His name, ‘Go
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A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles · John Chrysostom
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, and Annas the High Priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the High Priest,
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A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles · John Chrysostom
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem.” (v. 5.) Again in Jerusalem: and there it is that men’s blood is poured out; no reve
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A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles · John Chrysostom
Homily XLI. Acts XIX. 8, 9 “And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were ha
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By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
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God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
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