Question 28

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Section 1: Introduction

Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

Because he saveth us from our^a sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other,^b nor can elsewhere be found.

Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Savior?

Because he saves us from our^a sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other,^b nor can elsewhere be found.

a. Matthew 1:21
Matthew 1:21
^1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
^1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."
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b. Hebrews 7:25; Acts 4:12
Hebrews 7:25
^7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
^7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
Acts 4:12
^4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
^4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
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Changes from Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29

Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

Because he saveth us ~~and delivereth us~~ from our sins; ~~and likewise, because we ought not to seek, can find salvation in~~ neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be found.

Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29

Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is a Saviour?

Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our sins; and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other.

An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 28

Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

Because he saveth us from our sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be found.

Related (1)

Apostles’ Creed, which this question expounds

Clause 2

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,

Commentaries (5)

Caspar Olevianus, 1581, An Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles (6 parts)
On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 2, which this question expounds
That the kingdome of Christ is offered vnto vs in the Articles of our faith; and that the faithfull are partakers of it, whilest they liue here It is certaine, that there are two…
Caspar Olevianus’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (3 parts)
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29, which this question adapts
Why is the Sonne of God called Jesus, that is, a Sauiour? Because he saueth vs from al our sinnes: Neither ought any safety to bee sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be…
Zacharias Ursinus’s text
Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29, which this question adapts
THE ARGVMENT. He commeth nowe to handle the second part of the Creede, of the Sonne of God, and of our redemption, and first is declared the meaning of the name Iesus, and they…
Jeremias Bastingius’s text
William Perkins, 1595, An Exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles
On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 2, which this question expounds
Thus much of the permission of the fall of man: Nowe we come to the Couenant of grace. Which is nothing else but a compact made betweene God and man touching reconciliation and…
William Perkins’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1851, The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29, which this question adapts
The second part of the Creed, which now follows, treats of the mediator. The doctrine of the mediator consists of two parts: the one has respect to the person of the mediator; the…
Zacharias Ursinus’s text