Tales From Bible

<p>Jesus Christ is the designation of Jesus of Nazareth (d. c. 30 CE) who was an itinerant Jewish prophet from the Galilee in northern Israel. He preached the imminent intervention in human affairs by the God of the Jews when God would establish his kingdom on earth. The proper name Jesus was Greek for the Hebrew Joshua (he who saves). 'Christ' (Greek: Christos) was translated from the Hebrew meshiach (messiah). 'Messiah' meant anointed one where anointing was part of the coronation ritual by God for Jewish kings. Jesus the Christ became shortened over time to Jesus Christ beginning with the letters of Paul in the 50s and 60s of the 1st century CE. A popular title became his designation as the son of God both in function and nature.</p>