2.
LORD (Greek kurios).
This
is the title given consistently to Jesus Christ. Cobern shows that the title
attests to His Deity:
The title “Lord” as given to Jesus seems from the papyri to
have a deeper meaning than was supposed. The Emperors, when deified (first
century and later), were addressed as “God,” “Son of God,” “Lord,” “Savior of
the World,” etc., and this gives a new point to the use of these titles for
Jesus. We now see that the term Kurios Iesous (“Lord Jesus”) was an ascription
of deity to him, and as such might have been accounted an act of antagonism to
the Emperor’s claim. The exact phrase by which deity was ascribed to Jesus-”Great
God and Savior” (Tit. 2:13; 2 Pet. 1:1) –appears literally in an inscription of 2 B.C., giving the
Emperor this title. In the Septuagint ho Kurious is constantly used as a
title of God .... It shows that the Church of the first century unequivocally
accepted in full measure the deity of Jesus Christ.5
5 Camden M. Cobern, The New Archeological Discoveries (New
York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1917), p. 127.
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