Is 'Christ' the last name of Jesus , or does the word mean something else ?

Answer 1

First of all, the word "Christ" comes from "christos", a Greek word meaning "anointed". It is the equivalent of the word "moshiach", or Messiah, in Hebrew. But what does that mean? To be anointed is literally to have sacred anointing oil poured on one's head because God has chosen the person for a special task. Kings were anointed during their coronation rather than receiving a crown. Even though prophets and priests were anointed, the phrase "anointed one" or "the Lord's anointed" was most often used to refer to a king. So, the main picture of the word "Messiah" or "Christ" as the "anointed one" was of a king chosen by God. Even though we tend not to pick up on the cultural pictures, the gospels tell us many times that Jesus is this great King who has come. During Jesus' trial, the main question that He is asked is "Are you the King of the Jews?", and He answers affirmatively:

And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King." So Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:2-3)

Answer 2

Christ is not Jesus last name. It is a verb. The name Christ is the Greek word for the Hebrew word Mashiach. This word means anointed. They anointed Kings with olive oil when they became Kings. Jesus real name is Yahshua, which means God's Salvation. So when we put it all together, it means God's Salvation who was Chosen by God to be King.

Answer 3

Christ was in a Latin term which actually means Lord or Savior. In the time of Jesus, there were no last names, and people often went bu the names of the household's they descended from. In Jesus's case he would be Joshua, from the House of David. Joshua would actually be his biblical name.

Answer 4

Christ means anointed of God. Jesus, Jehovah God's son, was anointed by God at the Jordan River after John the Baptizer brought Jesus up out of the Jordan River when baptizing him, the Holy spirit descended down from heaven as a dove and sat upon him indicating he was the Son of God, the Messiah and Jehovah's voice was heard saying,"You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you."

Answer 5

Yes, St. Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus, in what is now Turkey) is the one who translated the Hebrew Yeshuah into the Greek Jesus, and the Hebrew Messiah into the Greek Christos.

Saul/Paul was formerly a Jewish Roman citizen who used to persecute Christians until he had a blinding vision on the road to Damascus that convinced him that Jesus was Lord. Once he regained his vision, he began preaching the Good News of Christ, and as he did this, considering he was surrounded by people who spoke mostly Greek and wishing to sort of ingratiate himself to the Greek-speaking citizens of the Eastern end of the Roman Empire, he went Greek. He even changed his own name to the more Greek "Paul" from the Hebrew "Saul."

I say "Hebrew" but I think what was more commonly spoken was Aramaic, sort of a predecessor to what we now would call Hebrew.

Answer 6

Christ is NOT his last name or his middle name. It is actually more appropriate to call him "Jesus the Christ" as Christ is more of a title, meaning savior, messiah, annointed one.

Answer 7

The Hebrew form of the name Jesus means “Jehovah Is Salvation”; Christ is the equivalent of the Hebrew Ma·shi′ach (Messiah), meaning “Anointed One.”

Answer 8

Christ is Greek for the Hebrew Messiah. It's His title.

Answer 9

Christ is his title. It's from the Greek word for Messiah.

Answer 10

They didn't use last names they used, for example you name and the city where you live, or your name and the son of, and then you fathers name, Like Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Son of God