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Mashiach, the anointed, is an official title in the O.T. of those who were to rule for God. 1 Samuel 12:3, 1 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 1:26; 2 Chronicles 1:6; Isaiah 45:1. In the N.T. the title is restricted to the Lord Jesus — o xristos, the Christ — as the One anointed, not with oil, but with the Holy Spirit by God the Father. This had been predicted in Psalms 45:7, of which John the Baptist was the witness. Mark 1:10; John 1:1-34:cf. also Acts 10:38. He was called God's anointed by Hannah, 1 Samuel 2:10 and by David, Psalms 2:2. Daniel spoke of Messiah the Prince, and that He would be cut off and have nothing. Daniel 9:25, Daniel 1:9. 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 o cristos, 'the Christ,' the anointed One. See CHRIST.