and of the anointing of kings where the noun form is used (Saul, I Sam. 24:6, 10; David, 2 Sam. 19:21; 23:1; an unnamed king, probably Zedekiah, Lam. 4:20). The term “the anointed one” translated Messiah in Daniel 9:25–26 was used as a designation of the coming of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Deliverer and was in common use by the Jews at the time of the incarnation to express this general prophetic idea (John 1:41; 4:25). The hope of Israel centered in the coming of this Person who was to be anointed
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