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Matthew 24:4-5 Mark 13:5-6 Luke 21:8 |
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants Jewish messiah claimants
Main article: Jewish messianic claimants
In Judaism, "messiah" originally meant a divinely appointed king, such as David, Cyrus the Great[1] or Alexander the Great.[2] Later, especially after the failure of the Hasmonean Kingdom (37 BC) and the Jewish–Roman wars (AD 66-135), the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in an Olam Haba ("world to come") or Messianic Age.
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