the Master

The Ser­mon on the Mount by Carl Hein­rich Bloch.

New Tes­ta­ment writ­ers often ref­er­enced Jesus as “Master.”

In Luke 5:5 Simon (Peter) says to Jesus

“Mas­ter, we toiled all night and took noth­ing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”

In Luke 8:24 as a storm rose while he and the dis­ci­ples were on a boat, fear­ing for their safety, they said to Jesus,

“Mas­ter, Mas­ter, we are per­ish­ing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the rag­ing waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.”

John referred to Him as Mas­ter in Luke 9:49 when he said,

“Mas­ter, we saw some­one cast­ing out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not fol­low with us.”

The Mas­ter

Other ref­er­ences are (2 Peter 2:1 Jude 1:4)

Jesus Christ is our mas­ter, more than in the con­text of an arrived, com­plete or con­sum­mate model being. He is also our mas­ter in the con­text that He is our Lord. There is sub­mis­sion, not only a teacher to stu­dent sub­mis­sion, but a bond–servant devoted and sold–out to a mas­ter, or a sub­ject to a King.

“A dis­ci­ple is not above his teacher, but every­one when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.”

Luke 6:40