Messiah in the Bible

This is a record of the life of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah there were fourteen generations.

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

and saying, "Repent ye: for the kingdom of the Messiah draws nigh."

from that time Jesus began to preach, "Repent, said he, for the kingdom of the Messiah draws nigh."

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

Messiah is greater than he.) for ever since the appearance of John the Baptist the gospel kingdom is as it were invaded, and people of the most violent passions enter into it with zeal.

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!"

Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

His disciples asked Him, "Why then [since you are obviously the Messiah] do the experts in the law of Moses say that Elijah must come first, [i.e., before the Messiah]?"

Jesus answered them, "Elijah truly was to come, and restore all things [i.e., to their proper perspective concerning the Messiah].

At the same time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, who is to be the greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah?

he therefore who shall become as void of ambition as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah.

For the kingdom of the Messiah is like a family, the master whereof went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard.

The crowds that went ahead of Him, and those that followed Him, were shouting [in praise and adoration],

“Hosanna to the Son of David (Messiah);
Blessed [praised, glorified] is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!”

the kingdom of the Messiah is such, as when a certain king made a wedding-feast for his son.

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Messiah; and ye all are brethren.

Nor are you to be called "Teachers,' because you have only one teacher, the Messiah!

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

The kingdom of the Messiah will then be such, as when ten virgins took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!"

saying, Prophesy to us, O Messiah! who it was that struck thee.

So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to release for you Barabbas, or Jesus who is called "the Messiah'?"

Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

Therefore, give the order to secure the grave site until the third day, so his disciples will not steal his body and then tell the people 'He has risen from the dead.' This last deception would be worse than the first one [i.e., the claim that Jesus rose from the dead would be worse than the claim that he was the Messiah]."

This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

But after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, spreading the good news of the kingdom of the Messiah.

but who, said he, do you take me to be? Peter answered, you are the Messiah:

Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah!" Jesus sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

I declare unto you, said he, that some of you here present shall not die, till they see the kingdom of the Messiah usher'd in with power.

Then His disciples asked Him, "Why is it, [since you are obviously the Messiah], that the experts in the law of Moses say that Elijah must come first?"

Jesus answered them, "Elijah truly will come first and restore all things [i.e., to their proper perspective concerning the Messiah]. And it is [also] written [in the Scriptures] about the Son of man, that He would suffer very much and be rejected.

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to the Messiah will never lose his reward."

As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, "How can the scribes say that the Messiah is David's son?

David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.

Many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and they will mislead many.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

but he held his peace, and made him no answer. So the high priest asked Him again, and saith to Him, Art thou the Messiah the Son of the blessed God?

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

He will go on ahead of the Messiah [See verse 76], in the spirit and power of Elijah, to rekindle the affections of fathers for their children, and [to influence] disobedient people to live wisely like righteous people. And he will prepare the people to be ready for [the coming of] the Lord."

To-day you have a saviour born in the town of David, the Lord messiah.

At that time there dwelt at Jerusalem one Simeon, an honest, religious man, one who expected the appearance of the Messiah, and was endued with the spirit of prophecy.

indeed it had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he was not to see death before he had seen the Lord messiah.

Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah),
Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),

And demons also came out from many, crying out, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And He rebuked them, and suffered them not to say, that they knew Him to be the Christ.

and sent two of them to Jesus, with this question, are you the Messiah, or must we yet wait for some other?

I declare unto you, among the whole race of mankind, there is not a prophet, who is superiour to John the Baptist: yet he that is most inferiour in the kingdom of the Messiah, is greater than he.

then sent them to proclaim the reign of the Messiah, and to heal the sick.

where the people, who were inform'd of it, followed him: which he did not discountenance, but explained to them the reign of the Messiah, and relieved those, who wanted to be cured.

And he said to them, But who do ye say that I am? Then Peter answering said, The Messiah of God.

I declare unto you, there are some here present, who shall not die, till they see the Messiah reign.

but if I cast out demons by the finger of God, it follows, that the reign of the Messiah is now begun among you.

Then He said to the disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man [i.e., the time when the Messiah would deliver His people from tribulation], but you will not see it [i.e., such deliverance would not occur during their lifetimes].

A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially and morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?

if then David stiles the Messiah his Lord, how can he be descended from David?

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

for I declare unto you, I shall not celebrate this passover with you any more, to the time, when it shall have its accomplishment in the kingdom of the messiah.

If thou art the Messiah, tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

and began to accuse him, saying, We have found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar; pretending that he himself is the King Messiah.

And the people stood looking on. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this fellow is the Messiah, the elect of God.

Then one of the suspended malefactors blasphemed him, saying, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself and us.

he was of Arimathea, a city of Judea, and one of those, who were in expectation of the Messiah's reign.

though we expected he would have been the Messiah, that was to deliver Israel: and besides all this, it is now three days since these things were done.

Ought not the Messiah to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

and said to them, That thus it is written, and thus must the Messiah suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day

But He gave all those who did welcome Him the opportunity of becoming children of God by believing in His name [i.e., as the Messiah].

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

And he confessed, and denied it not; but acknowledged, I am not the Messiah.

And they questioned him, and said to him, Why then dost thou baptise, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elias, nor that prophet?

He first finds his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ;)

So, Jesus said to her, "[My dear] woman, what do you want me to do [about it]? My time [i.e., to be revealed to people as the Messiah] has not yet come."

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but that I am sent before him.

You [Samaritans] do not [really] know what you worship; we [Jews] know what we worship because salvation is from the Jews [i.e., through Jewish prophets, Jewish Scriptures and a Jewish Messiah].

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am [the Messiah].

Come with me; behold a man, who told me all things that I ever did: is not this the Messiah?

and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.

And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah?

But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

But many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those which this man doth?

Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee?

Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was?

Therefore I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am the Messiah, ye shall die in your sins.

So, Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man [i.e., to crucify Him], then you will know that I am [the Messiah] and that I do not do anything on my own authority, but I speak [only] those things that the Father has taught me.

Your forefather Abraham was glad that he could look forward to my day [i.e., by faith he anticipated the coming of the Messiah. See Heb. 11:13ff]. And he saw it [by faith] and was glad."

So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue.

Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly.

She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, who cometh into the world.

Then the crowd answered him, "We have learned from the Law that the Messiah remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

And I tell you now, before it come, that when it comes to pass ye may believe that I am the Messiah.