[Heb. mashiach, Gr. christos]
Biblical: Jesus Christ was born about 500 years after Siddartha Gautama; and about 700 years before the appearance of Tibetan Bsm. 1) a title for the Messiah: ma shi ka dang mjal byung / we have found the messiah (Jn. 1:41), gtso bo dang khong gi ma shi ka'i rgyal srid/ the kingdom of the lord and of his Christ (Rev. 11:15); 2) Jesus Christ: ye shu ma shi ka/ Jesus Christ (Mt. 1:1), sometimes reversed in form: ma shi ka ye shu'i bstan pa'i skor la nyan to/ [Felix] listened to the teaching about Christ Jesus (Acts 24:24), dkon mchog sku'i rnam par ma shi ka'i nang bzhugs so/ for in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form (Col. 2:9), ma shi ka sku gson por bzheng ba/ the resurrection of the Christ (Acts 2:31). Scriptural names of Christ include: thog ma dang mtha' ma/ [lit. beginning and end] Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8), tshe'i bag leb/ Bread of Life (Jn. 6:35), lug rdzi bzang po/ Good Shepherd (Jn. 10:11), skye bu dam pa/ Holy One (Ac. 3:14), im ma nu el/ Immanuel (Is. 7:14), ya hu da pa'i rgyal po/ King of the Jews (Mt. 2:2), rgyal po rnams kyi rgyal po/ King of kings (1 Tim. 6:15), dkon mchog gi lug gu/ Lamb of God (Jn. 1:29), 'jig rten gyi 'od/ Light of the World (Jn. 8:12), yu da'i sde'i seng ge/ Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5), gzi brjid kyi gtso bo/ Lord of Glory (1 Cor. 2:8), gtso bo rnams kyi gtso bo/ Lord of Lords (1 Tim. 6:15), zhi bde'i rgyal po/ Prince of Peace (Is. 9:6), thugs nyid kyi brag [spiritual] Rock (1 Cor. 10:4), skyabs mgon/ Savior (Luke 2:11), da bid kyi sras/ Son of David (Mt. 1:1), mi'i bu/ Son of Man (Mt. 16:27), bka'/ The Word (Jn. 1:1), dkon mchog gi bka'/ Word of God (Rev. 19:3).
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Messiah (JFS).