In the book of John, there is a record of how early Jews defined the term “Christ”:

“Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.  (John 7:40-43)

These early Jews believed that “Christ” came “from the seed of David.” This proves that early Jews associated the term “Christ” with the human Messiah. Of course, Jesus is God incarnate. Yet the term “Christ” must apply to the incarnation.

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