APPELLATIONS OF THE GOSPEL
(At meetings at Belfast in 1938 Mr J.Taylor asked Mr H.P.Wells how many appellations of the gospel there were in the scriptures [J.T. vol 45, p. 39])
H.P.W. ‘There are 18 or 19’
Douglas Hugill (Vancouver) has supplied me with the following list:
1. The glad tidings of the kingdom Matthew 4: 23
2. glad tidings Matthew 11: 5
3. the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God Mark 1: 1
4. the glad tidings of the word Acts 8: 4
5. the glad tidings of Jesus Acts 8: 35
6. the glad tidings of the grace of God Acts 20: 24
7. God’s glad tidings concerning His Son Jesus Romans 1: 1-4
Christ our Lord
8. the glad tidings of His Son Romans 1: 9
9. my glad tidings Paul in Romans 2: 16
10. glad tidings of peace Romans 10: 15
11. glad tidings of good things Romans 10: 15
12. the glad tidings of the Christ Romans 15: 19
13 the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ 2 Corinthians 4: 4
14. the glad tidings of the faith Galatians 1: 23
15. the glad tidings of your salvation Ephesians 1: 13
16. our glad tidings (Paul, Silvanus, Timotheus) 1 Thessalonians
1: 5
17. the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thessalonians
1: 8
18. the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God 1 Timothy 1: 11
19. the everlasting glad tidings Revelation 14: 6
(No. 19 might be discounted as being future)
Other Refs:
1. the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God Acts 8: 12
and the name of Jesus Christ
2. the glad tidings of God (included in 7 above) Romans 15: 16
3. my glad tidings and the preaching of Jesus Christ Romans 16: 25
(included in 9 above)
4. the glad tidings of the (un)circumcision Galatians 2: 7
[or to the (un)circumcision]
5. the glad tidings of the kingdom of God Luke 4: 43
(included in 1 or replace 14 or 16)
If there are more, I will add them another time – Ed.