1. A   2. B   3. C   4. D   5. E   6. F   7. G   8. H   9. I
10. J   11. K   12. L   13. M   14. N   15. O   16. P   17. Q
18. R   19. S   20. T   21. U   22. V   23. W   24. Y   25. Z
An Aramaic word meaning “the anointed.” It occurs only in Dan.
9:25–26 and John 1:41; 4:25 (Messias). Used as the title of an
office, it denotes the King and Deliverer whose coming the Jews
were eagerly expecting. In the New Testament the deliverer is
called the Christ, which is the Greek equivalent of Messiah, and
Jesus the Messiah is called Jesus the Christ, Jesus Christ, or
Christ Jesus.  Throughout the Apocrypha there is no reference to
the hope of the Messiah, though during the century before the
birth of Christ the hope was steadily reviving. But many Jews,
as we learn from the Gospels, were looking only for a deliverer
from the Roman power and for greater national prosperity; so
when the Messiah came, the nation as a whole rejected Him. Only
the faithful were able to see in Jesus of Nazareth the true
Suffering Serv