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Why is Jesus called "the Christ"? What does "Christ" mean?
"And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book:
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life through his name."
John 20:30-31
Why is Jesus called "the Christ"? What does "Christ" mean? Would not this information be very important if the purpose of John in writing his Gospel was so that we might believe that "Jesus is the Christ..."? Let us search the scriptures to see what they say!
A Biblical Definition: comparing scripture with scripture
"...We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ."
John 1:41 "...I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ..."
John 4:25
These two passages of scripture define Christ as Messiah. Therefore, we can say that the word Christ means the same as Messiah or:
Christ = Messiah
Another passage that adds some light is:
"The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ."
Acts 4:26
Here in Acts 4:24-30 the disciples are praying and in the midst of the prayer, they quote from an Old Testament passage. The passage quoted is Psalm 2:2 and it says:
"The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed..."
Psalm 2:2
So, when we compare these two passages, scripture with scripture, we see that the word "anointed" in Psalm 2:2 is translated the word "Christ" in Acts 4:26. To simplify, then, we can say:
Christ = Anointed
Now, if what we have concluded here is true, that Christ means Messiah and Christ means Anointed, then, logically Messiah and Anointed mean the same thing. What saith the scripture?
When we go to the concordance and look up the word "anointed" in Psalm 2:2 we find that the Hebrew word used is "Mashiyach". We also find that this same Hebrew word is translated "Messiah" in Daniel 9:25-26. So, if we compare Daniel 9:25-26
"Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
Daniel 9:25-26
to:
"The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed..."
Psalm 2:2
We find that the Hebrew word "Mashiyach" is translated both "Messiah" and "anointed" and that Messiah, does indeed, mean anointed.
In conclusion, when these passages are diligently compared, we find that the English words "Messiah", "Anointed", and "Christ" all come from the same Hebrew word and, therefore, can and ought to be used interchangeably. In other words, when we say Jesus Christ, or Jesus the Christ, we could just as accurately say Jesus the Messiah or Jesus the Anointed of the Lord.
Why is this so important?
Please notice some of the things the Old Testament scriptures said concerning this one who was to come... the Anointed One... the Messiah... the Christ...
Daniel 9:25 He would appear on earth at an appointed time in history
9:26 He would die but not for himself, or he would die for others
Psalm 2:1-2 the nations, people, kings, and rulers would be in rebellion
against Him and the Lord that sent Him.
2:6 He would be made King in Zion
2:7 He would be called the Son of God
He would rise from the dead
2:8 He would inherit the nations and possess the whole world
2:9 He would break the nations with a rod of iron
2:12 His anger and wrath will one day be kindled and many will perish
He will bless all those who trust in Him
Who is this anointed one? the Messiah? the Christ?
Concerning Jesus, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother said:
"We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ."
John 1:41
Jesus Himself testified that He is the Christ:
"The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that unto thee am he."
John 4:25-26
And He was condemned to death for this testimony:
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Mark 14:61-64
Mary said to Jesus:
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
John 11:27
In the conclusion of the Gospel of John, John writes:
"And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book:
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life through his name."
John 20:30-31
Peter said:
"...Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Matthew 16:16
and later at Pentecost, he boldly proclaimed:
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:36
As Paul was in Thessalonica reasoning with them out of the Scriptures, it was written:
"...opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ."
Acts 17:3
then in Macedonia...
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Acts 18:5
Similarly, it is written that Apollos:
"...mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ."
Acts 18:28
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You can twist and mistranslate the Greek word christos in anyway you wish but - "Christ" is the English translation of christos, or anointed. Nothing more, nothing less. The bible is full of anointed men. Everyone has the Christ within themselves.
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"CHRIST" is not a name, it's a title. Long before "Jesus, who is called 'Christ,'" all kings of Israel held that title.
King Saul [as addressed by prince David]: 1 Samuel 24:6 RSV ... my lord, the LORD's anointed (MY LORD THE LORD'S CHRIST) LXX DOMINO MEO CHRISTO DOMINI (MY LORD, LORD CHRIST) Vulgate
Then David says to his men, of Saul: ... he is the LORD's anointed. KJV
King David Psalm 18:50 RSV; 2 Samuel 23:1 KJV Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants for ever.
David the son of Jesse ... the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob.....
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,090,878I agree. Christ means annointed.
It is interesting, to me anyway, that Jesus' name means: God Will Save.
So, Jesus Christ = God will save annointed.
Christ Jesus = Annointed God will save.
Puts a whole new twist on the scriptural verse that states: "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12
No other name under heaven...
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"I agree. Christ means annointed.
It is interesting, to me anyway, that Jesus' name means: God Will Save.
So, Jesus Christ = God will save annointed.
Christ Jesus = Annointed God will save."Holy Toledo - where do you get all of that. You didn't get it out of a Greek to English dictionary. Christ means anointed. There are numerous anointed ones in the bible - not just Jesus.
Someone has taught you the above, and they have had to lie and twist everything in order to do so.
You can quote Acts all you wish - I'll stick with quotes from Jesus.
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This is a reply to # 1,090,890meow!
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Acts was quoted to avoid paraphrasing. And, it is best to stick with what Jesus said.
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This is a reply to # 1,090,899"btw, why was your reply so angry (sounding)? Afraid of something?"
Anger? Because I said "Holy Toledo?" You can't tell the difference between amazement and anger?
I was simply amazed of the hoops you had to jump through to get to your own personal definition of christos.
I'm certainly not afraid of the modern Pharisees. Everyone can see their sick game, that's why particularly the teenagers are fleeing the evangelical movement en mass and that only 4% of them will remain (per an evangelical statistician.)
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Now I just have to wonder who's definition of christ I was agreeing to. It was in your post. Funny when you think I was trying to come up with a different definition, when I wasn't.
No, the angry part I perceived wasn't about the holy toledo comment.
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This is a reply to # 1,090,913I continue to find it quite amazing that sects within faiths are often harder on each other than they are on other religions - myself included at times.
The message of Jesus was so simple that it is difficult for "educated" people to comprehend. I loved the biography of Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses. (Not the movie The Messenger - with little fact or truth.) The story of an illiterate young woman so bent on her faith in god that not even 21 doctors of theology and the law could find one fault in her over several months of testimony. They finally had to find one minor flaw in what she said in order to burn her at the stake at age 19. It is that kind of simplicity, the simplicity that Jesus taught - without all the commentary and theologians hawking their books and DVDs, getting it all confused - that we need to get back to.
I believe we could all continue to learn to practice "therefore do unto others what you would have them do unto you, for that is the law and the prophets. (i.e. - the entire bible).
I'm still learning.
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This is a reply to # 1,090,887Quote the whole verse!
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This is a reply to # 1,090,878Christ is the English term for the Greek word Χριστός (Christós), which literally means "The Anointed One." The Hebrew word for Christ is מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ, usually transliterated Messiah).
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied about in the Tanakh (which Christians usually refer to as the Old Testament). The majority of Jews reject this claim and are still waiting for the Messiah to come (see Jewish Messiah). Most Christians now wait for the Second Coming of Christ when they believe he will fulfill the rest of the Messianic prophecy. The area of Christian theology focusing on the identity, life, teachings and works of Jesus, is known as Christology.
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Jesus claimed to be the Son of Man (Mark 8:29-31) fulfilling Dan.7 according to His Father's plan.
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This is a reply to # 1,091,537Gen. 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee [satan] and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed [Jesus]: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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This is a reply to # 1,091,673I don't know if you are male too, but I am a son of man.
But I am not "The Son of man".
John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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This is a reply to # 1,091,682The "Son of Man" is a reference to Adam's state of being prior to the fall.
In the old testament there are nearly 200 references to Son of Man, here's some:
Numbers 23:19
" God is not a man, that He should lie,Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it?Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Job 35:8
"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,And your righteousness is for a son of man.
Psalm 8:4
What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
Psalm 80:17
Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
Psalm 144:3
O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?Or the son of man, that You think of him?
Isaiah 51:12
"I, even I, am He who comforts you Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass,
Jeremiah 49:18
"Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the LORD, " no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it.
Jesus was not the first, nor the last, Son of Man. If you are a Son of Man, beej, then according to the bible you are just like Jesus EXCEPT that Jesus is THE Christ.
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The entries in Wikipedia are written by anyone that comes along. You can write an entry in Wikipedia if you wish to do it. The Wikipedia entry that you copied was obviously written by a brainwashed new age Christian (as in revised from what Jesus taught). When you want to learn something, go to someone outside of your religion to get a true perspective on translations. I couldn't find an atheist on this topic, but I did find a Muslim. He does a fantastic job of pointing out that an anointed one is a title and that there are a gross of them in the OT. I'm not Islamic, I'm a Christian but this is a great job of pointing out a significant translation error/fabrication of the NT.
An Islamic Perspective and Commentary
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Ishaq ZahidThe words Messiah, prophet or messenger are generic words which can be applied to any prophet of God. However, Israelites were using the word Messiah to refer to the final messenger of God. Jesus (peace be on him) simply told them that he is not "that Messiah." It is worth reading the scholarly work of Ahmad Deedat, reproduced below.
The word CHRIST is derived from the Hebrew word Messiah, Arabic-Masih. Root word m-a-s-a-h-a, meaning to rub, to massage, to anoint. Priests and kings were anointed when being consecrated to their offices. But in its translated, Grecian form "CHRIST", it seems unique:befitting Jesus only. The Christian has a knack of transmuting baser metals into shining gold. What he is wont to do is to translate names into his own language like "cephas" to Peter, "messiah" to Christ. How does he do that? Very easily MESSIAH in Hebrew means anointed. The Greek word for anointed is "christos". Just lop off the 'os' from christos and you are left with christ. Now change the little 'c' to a capital 'C', and "hey, presto!" he has created a unique (?) name! Christos means ANOINTED, and anointed means APPOINTED in its religious connotation. Jesus (pbuh) was appointed (anointed) at his baptism by John the Baptist, as God's Messenger.Every Prophet of God is so anointed or appointed. The Holy Bible is replete with the "anointed" ones. In the original Hebrew - made a "messiah". Let us keep to the English translation - "anointed." Not only were prophets and priests and kings anointed (christos-ed), but borns, and cherubs and lamp-posts also.
I am the God of Beth-el, where you ANOINTED a pillar.....
Genesis 31:13
If the priest that is ANOINTED do sin....
Leviticus 4:3
And Moses....ANOINTED the tabernacle and all things that was therein...
Leviticus 8:10
...THE LORD SHALL....EXALT THE HORN OF HIS ANOINTED
1 Samuel 2:10
Thus saith the Lord to his ANOINTED to Cyrus....
Isaiah 45:1
Thou art the ANOINTED cherub....
Ezekiel 28:14
There are a hundred more such references in the Holy Bible. Everytime you come across the word ANOINTED in your English Bible, you can take it that that word would be christos in the Greek translations, and if you take the same liberty with the word that the Christians have done, you will have - Christ Cherub, Christ Cyrus, Christ Priest and Christ Pillar, etc.
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This is a reply to # 1,091,639Peter, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples*. Originally named Simon, Peter was a Galilean fisherman (Mark 1:16; Luke 5:2; John 21:3), the son of John (Matt. 16:17; John 1:42; 21:15-17) and brother of Andrew. According to a tradition preserved in John 1:35-43, the brothers came from the village of Bethsaida (John 1:43; 12:21) and had been disciples of John the Baptist before they became disciples of Jesus. Peter was married (Mark 1:29-31; 1 Cor. 9:5). He is said to have owned a house in Capernaum (Mark 1:29). The traditional site of ‘Peter’s house’ has been excavated, though most of the structure on the site is from a later period.
The name ‘Peter’ is the Greek word for ‘rock’ (petra) and translates an Aramaic nickname (CephaÕ) that also means ‘rock.’ The Greek rendering of the Aramaic name, Cephas, is also used for Peter in the nt (John 1:42; 1 Cor. 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gal. 1:18; 2:9, 11, 14). Peter’s emergence as a leader among Jesus’ disciples is reflected in the story found in Matt. 16:18-19 that Jesus bestowed the nickname ‘rock’ on Simon as a sign of his future role as upholder and interpreter of the traditions established by Jesus.
http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/peter.htm
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