Questions tagged [messiah]
Prophecy in the OT regarding the coming messiah.
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Does Matthew allude to Isaiah 42 in the Sermon on the Mount
I am interested in the seeming parallel between
"You are the light of the world." Matthew 5:14a
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"I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and
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Additional Meanings for John the Baptist, “Prepare the way”
I was pondering on John’s prophecy about preparing the way for Christ. Is there any evidence to support the claim that he also prepared the way for Jesus to feel what it felt like to lose someone ...
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How is communion interpreted in context with Leviticus 3:17, Leviticus 17:11, John 6:53-56, and Matthew 26:27-29?
I have recently come upon a subject that I'd not encountered before. A friend has questioned the passages involving drinking "blood" in communion, believing it to have been added by the ...
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Does Genesis 49:10 mean that when Shiloh comes, then the rule of the tribe of Judah will end? Genesis 49:10
Or does it mean that even after the messiah comes, the sceptre still belong to that even after the messiah comes the scepter will still belong to a member of the tribe of Judah?
Since Israel have been ...
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What’s the connection between Psalm 91 & Jesus?
Psalm 91 Seems to be speaking of Christ, especially when the connection is made in Matthew 4 when Satan quotes this psalm To Jesus in order to tempt him. As I understand it, when you invoke part of a ...
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Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or is it referring to both?
Isaiah 53 is prophetic scripture about the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
I might be overthinking and/or asking the obvious. However, Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite ...
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What did Jesus mean when he asked "If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?
Matthew 22:44-45 YLT
The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine
enemies thy footstool? If then David doth call him lord, how is he his
son?'
Psalm 110:1 YLT
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Why do people believe that John the Baptist and Jesus never knew one another?
I understand John 1:31 has the words "I did not know him" but in the actual context of the scripture itself, beliefs and doctrines aside, John is clearly saying he didn't know Jesus is the ...
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Is Matthew alluding to Psalm 2 in Herod's court?
Is the mention of King Herod and the Chief priests being troubled because of the announcement of Christ a veiled reference to the Kings and Princes from Psalm 2? I don't understand Greek, but a quick ...
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Why do we follow Jesus blood line through his father? When he did not physically come from Joseph?
If Jesus wasn’t the actual son of Jospeh. We don’t follow Mary’s blood line.
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Is forever literal in Isaiah 9:7?
Isaiah 9:7 (ESV) (emphasis mine):
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it with justice and ...
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Which is the oldest fragment of LXX containing Psalm 22:16?
As far as I am aware, LXX uses a word in this crucial verse which would uncontroversially be translated as "pierced" into English. If it predates the Roman practice of crucifixion and/or ...
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Do the prophecies of Luke 1 imply that Jesus would be a political messiah rather than a spiritual savior?
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The "Magnificat" of Mary
51 He has shown might with his arm,
dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart. 52 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
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Jesus, Messiah sent by whom?
Paul equated Jesus to Melchizedek (Heb 5:6) who was high priest of the "Most High" even before Israel existed. Jesus was sent as messiah by the "God of Israel" (Deut 32:9) for the ...
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How do we know there should be commas in between the titles in Isaiah 9:6?
Isaiah 9:6 commonly reads:
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government
will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, ...
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Is there any basis for thinking there could be a future modern-day application of the prophecy in Jeremiah 9:25-26?
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh; Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the desert in distant places. For all ...
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How do we translate Daniel 9:26?
Why do so many of the Bible versions translate Daniel 9:26 as "the Messiah" or "Messiah" when instead the more literal translation seems to be "a messiah"?
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Did the imparting of the "gospel of Jesus Christ" start with the ministry of Jesus, or with the ministry of John the Baptist, or are they entwined?
Benson commentary on Mark 1:1-3:
The evangelist (Mark) speaks with strict propriety in this sentence ...
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Mark 1:1 NASB
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Is "Seeing the Light" after "the suffering of His soul" a reference to the Resurrection of Jesus in Isaiah 53:11?
It is acknowledged by nearly all Christian denominations that Isaiah 53 is a prophetic reference to the crucifixion and substitutionary Death of none other than Jesus Christ.
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Were Verses 22-42 of John 10 originally part of a separate Chapter?
We read in John 10:22-24 how the Jews pose a question to Jesus on his mission - whether he is the promised Messiah. In Verse 22 and 23 the Evangelist appears to have prepared a perfect setting for the ...
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Does the use of "El-Gibbor" in Isaiah 9:6 substantiate the Deity of Jesus (The Incarnation of God)?
Jesus is known to have said, He who has seen Me has seen the Father! An emphatic assertion of Divinity, if there ever was one! But was it backed up with a supernatural prophecy given hundreds of year ...
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Does God use sarcasm in Zechariah 13:7
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ...
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How can we know WHEN Jesus became "Messiah the Prince" as per Dan, 9:25. Was it at his baptism; arrival on a donkey; or at his death?
Messiah/Christ means "Annointed One/Chosen One". In Dan 9:23, NASB, The angel Gabriel tells Daniel that he needs to ... give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. And ...
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How is Jesus from Judah's tribe? [closed]
Jesus had no biological father and we know that, according to the Pentateuch, the tribal lineage is passed through the father and the mother's genealogy is irrelevant. The argument of Zelophehad's ...
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I am reading Acts 3:17-23 (NIV) and I am trying to understand why it seems like the writer is discussing Jesus, but also a Messiah other than Jesus [closed]
17 “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. 18 But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would ...
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Are there systematic hermeneutical principles that help clarify which prophecies have double fulfilments?
I'm exploring the prophets and Ezra at the moment. In them, there are many prophecies that either refer to the day of The LORD.
Now, the day of The LORD seems to refer in different contexts to:
A) The ...
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Is the "root of Jesse" in the LXX, a reference to a divine Messiah?
Isaiah 11-12 is a messianic and eschatological prophecy. It begins by identifying the king.1
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. (...
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An anointed one vs The anointed one?
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, many individuals are described as ‘anointed’, typically with the task of carrying out God’s will.
As many understand, ‘anointed’ translates to ‘Messiah’. The concept of ...
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Is this interpretation of Daniel's 70 weeks bulletproof? Dating "Nisan 20th year of Artaxerxes to March 4, 444 BC
The paper The Prophecy of Prophecies: Correcting Harold Hoehner Interpretation of Daniel’s 70 Weeks has been catching my eye. The view presented hinges on a few things described by the author that I ...
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Why does Jesus quote Zechariah 13:7?
In Matthew 26:31, Jesus says this:
“Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be ...
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How does John and Jesus Fufil the Expectations of the Jews
In the Gospels, During the time Jesus asks "Who do men Say I Am"
The replies he got shows that the People of Israel, expected
Elijah
Christ (Messiah)
Jeremiah, or one of the Prophet
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John 7:31 When Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
How did the people come to have the expectation that the Messiah, when he appears, should be accompanied by a multitude of miraculous signs?
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When ...
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Is the term שָׁלֹום (peace) in Isaiah 53:5 usually misunderstood?
Is it referring to restoration from sin through sacrifice paying the penalty of sin rather than what we think of with the English word peace?
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
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Does Jesus quote portions of Scripture with the expectation that his listeners will fill in the parts he leaves unsaid?
I've heard this theory before, but I'm trying to find a reliable source to cite. In English, sometimes we say things like, "when in Rome..." and expect our hearers to complete the figure of ...
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Who are the builders in Psalm 118:22 and why did the Psalmist call them "builders?"
In Psalm 118:22 (KJV) we read:
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
As I understand, the "stone" is Jesus Christ and the builders' refusal refers ...
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Why did JESUS keep his messanic misson a secret? [duplicate]
If Jesus in Mark chapter 1 casts out demons and heals lepers ,why did he want to keep his messiahship a secret?
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What is the connection between "I am the resurrection and life, whoever believes in me will live" and Martha's "You are the Christ, the Son of God"?
After Lazarus has died, there is this exchange in John 11 between Jesus and Martha (John 11:21-27).
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would
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At Luke 4:21, would Jesus' audience have understood him to be claiming to be the Christ, the Son of God?
Luke 4:16-22 is
"Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His
custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up
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Was David and Bathsheba's firstborn son, the one who died, the Christ? [closed]
The problem is this:
David was told that the Messiah would come from his body (2 Samuel 7:12), and Matthew and Luke both record genealogies from David to Joseph. There are extra-biblical arguments ...
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Was Jesus referring to Dan. 9:24 in Matt. 18:21, 22?
In Matt. 18:21,22 we read:
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven ...
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Is peace guaranteed only in the holy mountain?
The first part of Isaiah 11 is usually understood as a guarantee that, in the days to come, there will be global peace, and even the wild beasts will not harm each other:
the wolf shall dwell with ...
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Jeremiah Prophecy
I am confused about the verses in Matthew 27 :9-10 :
⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was ...
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Who is the speaker in Psalm 45:6 and who is its subject? God or a human king? [duplicate]
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Who is the speaker in Psalm 45:6 and who is its subject? God or a human king? Does this ...
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Is Job 33 Messianic?
I’ve been looking at the distinction between God (el), God (eloha), and the Almighty in the book of Job and noticed something. Oftentimes these seem to be named alongside one another rather than as ...
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Who or what is God referring to in Isaiah 11:1?
Isaiah 11:1: "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit."
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How does one reconcile Jesus, as the anointed successor (a priest), with his post cross High Priestly role when reading Leviticus 16:32&33
32The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as
the high priest shall make atonement.
He will put on the sacred linen garments
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Is there some prophetic significance to the location of Benjamin’s birth, his names, and the manner of his birth (Genesis 35:16-19)?
This question is about the four verses concerning the birth of Benjamin and death of Rachel:
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed,...
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Does John 12:41 prove the doctrine of the trinity? [closed]
Does John 12:41 prove the doctrine of the trinity, in John 12:41 it says:
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
This is quoting from Isaiah 6:1-5:
In the year that king ...
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Is Jesus the Messiah? [closed]
Does Isaiah 7:14 confirm that Jesus is the Messiah, or is there tension with other parts as below.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin
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Seeking explanations for renounced covenant and God’s wrath “against (His) anointed” in Psalm 89:38-45
Psalms 89:38-45
38 But now you have cast off and rejected;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.
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