and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,
who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.

So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, 14 generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, 14 generations.

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples

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

And He gave the disciples orders to tell no one that He was the Messiah.

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?”

“David’s,” they told Him.

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

And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master, the Messiah.

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

“If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Over here!’ do not believe it!

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who hit You?”

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?”

Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Messiah?”

They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

“But you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”

And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of My name, since you belong to the Messiah—I assure you: He will never lose his reward.

So Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

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

“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah! Look—there!’ do not believe it!

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.

Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he saw the Lord’s Messiah.

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were debating in their minds whether John might be the Messiah.

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Messiah.

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered, “God’s Messiah!”

Then He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

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

They said, “If You are the Messiah, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”

So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which means “Anointed One”),

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”

Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities know He is the Messiah?

But we know where this man is from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from.”

However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done, will He?”

Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He?

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.

Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

Then the crowd replied to Him, “We have heard from the scripture that the Messiah will remain forever. So how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah:

He was not left in Hades,
and His flesh did not experience decay.

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah!”

“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way.

and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed for you as the Messiah.

The kings of the earth took their stand
and the rulers assembled together
against the Lord and against His Messiah.

Every day in the temple complex, and in various homes, they continued teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

But Saul grew more capable and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this One is the Messiah.

When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

So, bypassing Mysia, they came down to Troas.

explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message and solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”

that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—that we may bear fruit for God.

For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.

Whoever serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men.

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.

by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

for the administration of the days of fulfillment—to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.

so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—

made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

By reading this you are able to understand my insight about the mystery of the Messiah.

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

But that is not how you learned about the Messiah,

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.

For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

You learned this from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave. He is a faithful servant of the Messiah on your behalf,

You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah.

These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.

So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God.

When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.

Let the message about the Messiah dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, and singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to God.

At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, for which I am in prison,