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Anointing (chrisma). Old word for result (mat) and for the material, from chriō, to anoint, perhaps suggested by the use of antichristoi in 1Jo 2:18. Christians are “anointed ones,” christoi in this sense, with which compare Psa 105:15 : “Touch not my anointed ones” (mē hapsēsthe tōn christōn mou). These antichrists posed as the equals of or even superior to Christ himself. But followers of Christ do have “the oil of anointing” (to elaion tou chrismatos, Exo 29:7), the Holy Spirit. This word in the N.T. only here and 1Jo 2:27. Later the term was applied to baptism after baptismal remission came to be taught (Tertullian, etc.).
From the Holy One (apo tou hagiou). They receive this anointing of the Holy Spirit from the Anointed One, Jesus Christ (the Holy One). Cf. Joh 6:69; Act 3:14.
And ye know all things (kai oidate panta). But the best MSS. read pantes rather than panta, “Ye all know it.” This anointing is open to all Christians, not just a select few.