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Did Jesus give the label Christian?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

No, the word Christian was first used in the city of Antioch when the Apostle Barnabas began teaching the gospel there around the year 43 AD. Christ means "anointed one" and is roughly equivalent to the the Hebrew word Messiah. Therefore "Christian" means "follower of the anointed one".

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