Hypsistos — The Most High
עֶלְיוֹן
The Most High — El Elyon in Greek dress, clustered around the nativity.
Melchizedek's ancient title resurfaces at Nazareth — the Most High overshadowing a Galilean girl. Both traditions hear the continuity: the God above all powers stooping lowest of all.
First occurrence
Luke 1:32 — 'He will be called the Son of the Most High'
Key passages
Luke 1:35 — 'The power of the Most High will overshadow you'
Luke 6:35 — 'You will be sons of the Most High'
Acts 7:48 — 'The Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands'
In the Greek Scriptures
Ὕψιστος
