Is Jesus' surname actually Christ?

Question

As in Joseph and Mary Christ, or... more unlikely, God Christ?

I'm just wondering... because few people just call him Jesus, even though there is only one person in the history of time who has ever been named Jesus (that I know of). So why do people specify by adding the last name?

Answer 1

In the days of Jesus, people didn't have surnames like we do today. He was known are Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus son of Joseph the carpenter. Christ actually means according to wikipedia:

Christ is the English translation of the Greek word Χριστός (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. It translates the Hebrew word מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ), usually transliterated Messiah.

The word is often misunderstood to be the surname of Jesus due to the numerous mentions of Jesus Christ in the Christian Bible. The word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus. To clarify this, Jesus is sometimes referred to as "the Man". Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied in the Tanakh (which Christians term the Old Testament). The majority of Jews reject this claim and are still waiting for the Christ to come (see Jewish Messiah). Most Christians now wait for the Second Coming of Christ when it is thought he will fill the rest of the Messianic prophets.

The area of Christian theology focusing on the identity, life, teachings and works of Jesus, is known as Christology

Neat huh?=)

Answer 2

Jesus name was actuall Jesus Ben Joseph (or Jesus son of Joseph). Christ is not part of His name, but a title, meaning "The Anointed One". Hence, sometimes you'll hear him referred to as Jesus The Christ.

Answer 3

No Christ is a messiah reference. Jesus did not have a last name, as they were not in use at the time. If Joseph had actually been his father, he would have been called Jesus Ben Joseph, or the (Son of Joseph), in reality is father was Panterra, so Jesus if legitimate in birth would have been called Jesus Ben Panterra (or son of Panterra)...mostly in adulthood people where known from their place of birth, hence Jesus of Nazareth and even centuries later Leonardo Da Vinci , or (Leonard from Vinci). hope that clears things up.

Answer 4

Christ, Hristos in Greek, is a title, not a surname. In the scriptures, Christ, Messiah and the Anointed are often equalized, therefore Christ meaning "Saviour".

P.S. Jesus's name is actually pronounced Iehoshua. Interesting little fact, isn't it?

Answer 5

Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. Christ is His Title.

Matthew 16:16 - And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 16:20 - Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

Matthew 26:63 - But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 8:29 - And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

Mark 14:61 - But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

Luke 3:15 - And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

Luke 9:20 - He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

Luke 22:67 - Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

John 1:20 - And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

John 1:41 - He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 3:28 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

John 4:29 - Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

John 4:42 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

John 7:41 - Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

John 10:24 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 11:27 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

John 20:31 - But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

1 John 2:22 - Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1 John 5:1 - Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Answer 6

Jesus is The Christ, it is a title not a name it means " The Anointed One"

Answer 7

Jesus ben/bar(son of) Joseph
Jesus of Nazareth

Christ is a title meaning, "anointed one."

Greek = Christos

Hebrew = Messiah

The Christian concept of Messiah is far different from that described by the Prophets of Judaism.

Answer 8

No. Christ = "Christos" = "anointed one" or, "Messiah"

Jews of the time did not use "surnames' - but the designation "son of"

Jesus of Nazareth (The Christ) would have been "Ye'shua Ben Y'seph"

Answer 9

Son of David....from the lineage of King David.

read Matthew chapter 1

Answer 10

No, christ is a term that means anointed one, it is the same as the hebrew term "messiah" (christ is from Greek)