c. 1300, Messias, from Late Latin Messias, from Greek Messias, from Aramaic meshiha and Hebrew mashiah "the anointed" (of the Lord), from mashah "anoint." This is the word rendered in Septuagint as Greek Khristos (see Christ). In Old Testament prophetic writing, it was used of an expected deliverer of the Jewish nation. The modern English form represents an attempt to make the word look more Hebrew, and dates from the Geneva Bible (1560). Transferred sense of "an expected liberator or savior of a captive people" is attested from 1660s.
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1. He was somehow destined to become a rock messiah .
冥冥冥の中で、ロックの救世主になる運命にある。
2.People saw Mandela as their messiah .
人民はマンデラを彼らの大きな救いの星と見なしている。
3.He 's seen by many as a political messiah .
多くの人が彼を政治的救いの星と見なしている。
4. Peter replied, on behalf of the disciples, " You are the Messiah . 「