Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal moments in His life, revealing His divine mission, identity and relationship with the Father," David ... as the Son of God and the Messiah." ...

A blind beggar in the Gospel of Mark describes Jesus as both from Nazareth and the son of David ... which claimed that the messiah would be a descendant of David and come from Bethlehem.

The Gospel of John, written later, draws only a tenuous link between Jesus and Bethlehem. John 7:42 states: “Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from ...

about 50 miles east of Knoxville — went before a local judge to settle a dispute over the last name of her son ... Messiah carries some pretty hefty expectations. While Christians call Jesus ...

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption. As proof that you are children ...

Who was Jesus? Was he a political revolutionary and liberation theologian? A teacher of morals, a rabbi or a vagabond sage? A magician and healer? Did his followers see him, or did he see himself, as ...

The Jewish people wanted to return to the glory days under their greatest ruler, King David. Some Jews were looking for a warrior Messiah to overthrow the Romans. Jesus was not this kind of Messiah.