Where did the name Christ come from?

Answer 1

Christ is the English term for the Greek Χριστός (Khristós) meaning "the anointed one". In the 3rd- to 1st-centuries BCE, the Old Testament was translated into a Greek version called the Septuagint, in which Khristós was used to translate the Hebrew word Messiah, meaning "one who is anointed". To anoint someone is to pour perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances over them, a process employed ritually by many religions and races. People and things are anointed to symbolize the introduction of a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, spirit, power or god. In other words "the anointed ones" are people believed to have special magical or religious powers.