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Mashiach, the anointed, is an official title in the O.T. of those who were to rule for God. 1 Sam. 12: 3, 5; 1 Sam. 26: 9, 11, 16; 2 Chr. 6: 42; Isa. 45: 1. In the N.T. the title is restricted to the Lord Jesus — ὁ χριστός, the Christ — as the One anointed, not with oil, but with the Holy Spirit by God the Father. This had been predicted in Ps. 45: 7, of which John the Baptist was the witness. Mark 1: 10; John 1: 32- 34: cf. also Acts 10: 38. He was called God's anointed by Hannah, 1 Sam. 2: 10 and by David, Ps. 2: 2. Daniel spoke of Messiah the Prince, and that He would be cut off and have nothing. Dan. 9: 25,
26. The Samaritans as well as the Jews expected this anointed One, the Christ; and when He appeared souls were brought into living intercourse with Him, and owned Him as the promised One. John 1: 41; John 4: 25. In these two passages the Lord is called 'Messias,' the word being simply the Greek form of the Hebrew word mashiach. In other places a translation is used and He is called ὁ χριστός, 'the Christ,' the anointed One. See CHRIST.