Christ

“基督”是“基利斯督”的简称，后者是希腊语Christos的音译。Christ comes from Christos, a Greek word that means "the anointed one," or "the chosen one." The Latin word for God is "Deus". The Hebrew word meaning the same thing is Mashiach, or as we know it - Messiah.

To anoint someone means to put oil or water on a part of their body, usually for religious reasons.

Christ is really more a title than it is a name, although the Bible uses it both ways. For example, the Bible often refers to Jesus by name as "Jesus Christ," just as we do in modern usage.

But it also speaks of Jesus as "the Christ," meaning "the anointed one." When Jesus asked His disciples who they thought He was, Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16).

So Jesus Christ combines His name (Jesus) with His title (Christ), meaning Jesus, the anointed One, or Jesus, the chosen One. Jesus is His human name as announced to Mary by the angel Gabriel (Luke 1:31), and Christ is His title, as the chosen, anointed Son of God.

The Old Testament predicted that God would send a chosen one to save the world from sin. As early as the Garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve that a "seed" of the woman (a descendant) would come someday and destroy Satan and sin (Genesis 3:15).

The Bible records two times that Jesus was anointed with oil (Matthew 26:6, 7; Luke 7:37, 38). But more importantly, Jesus was anointed by God for His role as "the Christ." The Bible says, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him" (Acts 10:38).

Nazareth [拿撒勒], Arabic an-Nāṣira, Hebrew Naẕerat, historic city of Lower Galilee [加利利], in northern Israel; it is the largest Arab city of the country.

六级/考研单词: christ, secular, bible, seldom, usage, angel, sinister, eve, descend, devil, holy, heal, oppress

可能因为上帝叫“耶和华”，按照中国人子从父姓的习惯，Jesus也姓耶，后面的sus读起来像粤语的稣。