Topic
Mediator
16 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 9:33Easton
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
- Matthew 28:18Easton
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- John 5:22Easton
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
- John 5:25Easton
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
- John 5:26Easton
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
- John 5:27Easton
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
- Romans 8:29Easton
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
- Galatians 3:19Easton
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- 1 Timothy 2:5Easton
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- Hebrews 2:17Easton
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 2:18Easton
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
- Hebrews 4:15Easton
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
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- Hebrews 4:16 Easton
- Hebrews 8:6 Easton
- Hebrews 9:15 Easton
- Hebrews 12:24 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 16 references
One who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not found in the Old Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in Job 9:33, in the word “daysman” (q.v.), marg., “umpire.”
This word is used in the New Testament to denote simply an internuncius, an ambassador, one who acts as a medium of communication between two contracting parties. In this sense Moses is called a mediator in Gal. 3:19.
Christ is the one and only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24). He makes reconciliation between God and man by his all-perfect atoning sacrifice. Such a mediator must be at once divine and human, divine, that his obedience and his sufferings might possess infinite worth, and that he might possess infinite wisdom and knowlege and power to direct all things in the kingdoms of providence and grace which are committed to his hands (Matt. 28:18; John 5:22, 25, 26, 27); and human, that in his work he might represent man, and be capable of rendering obedience to the law and satisfying the claims of justice (Heb. 2:17, 18; 4:15, 16), and that in his glorified humanity he might be the head of a glorified Church (Rom. 8:29).
This office involves the three functions of prophet, priest, and king, all of which are discharged by Christ both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. These functions are so inherent in the one office that the quality appertaining to each gives character to every mediatorial act. They are never separated in the exercise of the office of mediator.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.