{"id":3481,"date":"2024-05-24T19:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/why-was-jesus-called-christ\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:49:41","slug":"why-was-jesus-called-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/why-was-jesus-called-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u062f\u0639\u0649 \u064a\u0633\u0648\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u064a\u062d\u061f \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u0646\u064a \"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0645\u0633\u0648\u062d\"\u060c \u0648\u0647\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0644\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0648\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u062a\u0639\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0634\u064a\u062d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus is called Christ because Christ means "anointed one" in Greek. The Greek word, christos, translates the Hebrew mashiach, Messiah, so "Jesus Christ" means "Jesus the Messiah." Christ is a title, not a surname. Christians give it to him because they believe he is the anointed king that Israel's Scriptures promised. The Gospel of John catches the moment the word first passed from one person to another. Andrew, who had just met Jesus, went and found his brother Simon and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t

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