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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Messiah
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("anointed" (Hebrew) equates to "Christ (Greek)). (See CHRIST.) In KJV only in -26 of Old Testament; ; , of New Testament Having the immeasurable unction of the Holy Spirit as Prophet, Priest, and King at one and the same time. All others have but a measure, and that derived from Him (; ). See the type (; -24; ); and the prophecies (; ; -3; ; compare ; ; -19; with -24; -47; ; margin; -12; ; ; ; compare -40; Psalm 69; 72; 110).
His birthplace (), His lineage (), His time of coming (-26), while the second temple stood (), and His forerunner (-5; ) are foretold. From Psalm 2; -6; , the Jews expected a triumphant king, but overlooked the prophecies of His sufferings first (Isaiah 53; -26-27). A few looked for a more spiritual deliverance (; ), and among them the despised Samaritans (; ) and the thief on the cross (). The rabbis got over the Messianic prophecies which prove Jesus to be Messiah by imagining a Messiah ben Joseph who should suffer, distinct from Messiah ben David who should reign; but the prophecies of the suffering and glory are so blended as to exclude the idea of any but one and the same Messiah (compare ; -14; ; ).