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Jesus[e]  (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30 / 33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ,[f]  was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.[12]  He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.[13] [14]

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically,[g]  although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus.[21] [h] [i]  Jesus was a Galilean Jew[12]  who was baptized by John the Baptist and subsequently began his own ministry, preaching his message orally[24]  and often being referred to as "rabbi".[25]  Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers.[26] [27]  He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities,[28]  turned over to the Roman government, and was subsequently crucified on the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect.[26]  After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESanders199311,_14_38-0">[29]

The birth of Jesus is celebrated annually on December 25 (or various dates in January by some eastern churches) as a holiday known as Christmas. His crucifixion is honored on Good Friday, and his resurrection is celebrated on Easter. The widely used calendar era "AD", from the Latin anno Domini ("in the year of the Lord"), and the alternative "CE", are based on the approximate birth date of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-AD_39-0">[30] <sup id="cite_ref-41">[j]

Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrudem1994568–603_42-0">[32]  Most Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. The Nicene Creed asserts that Jesus will judge the living and the dead<sup id="cite_ref-43">[33]  either beforeor after their bodily resurrection,<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_Companion_44-0">[34] <sup id="cite_ref-45">[35] <sup id="cite_ref-46">[36]  an event tied to the Second Coming of Jesus in Christian eschatology.<sup id="cite_ref-47">[37]  The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of the Trinity. A minority of Christian denominations reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural.

Jesus also figures in non-Christian religions and new religious movements. In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as 'Isa') is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah.<sup id="cite_ref-uscsite_48-0">[38] <sup id="cite_ref-CEI_49-0">[39] <sup id="cite_ref-Siddiqui_50-0">[40]  Muslims believe Jesus was a bringer of scripture and was born of a virgin, but was not the Son of God. The Quran states that Jesus himself never claimed divinity.<sup id="cite_ref-Morgan_51-0">[41]  Most Muslims do not believe that he was crucified, but believe that he was physically raised into Heaven by God. In contrast, Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill Messianic prophecies, and was neither divine nor resurrected.<sup id="cite_ref-JE1906_52-0">[42]

In Christianity, Christ<sup id="cite_ref-5">[Notes 1]  (Greek: Χριστός, Christós, meaning "the anointed one") is a title for the saviour and redeemer who would bring salvation to the whole House of Israel. Christians believe Jesus is the Israelite messiahforetold in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Christ, used by Christians as both a name and a title, is synonymous with Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-6">[5] <sup id="cite_ref-Zanzig33_7-0">[6] <sup id="cite_ref-Espin231_8-0">[7]

The role of the Christ in Christianity originated from the concept of the messiah in Judaism. Although the conceptions of the messiah in each religion are similar, for the most part they are distinct from one another due to the split of early Christianity and Judaism in the 1st century.

Though the original followers of Jesus believed Jesus to be the Jewish messiah, e.g. in the Confession of Peter, before the crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus was usually referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth" or "Jesus, son of Joseph".<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_9-0">[8]  Jesus came to be called "Jesus Christ" (meaning "Jesus the Khristós", i.e. "Jesus the Messiah" or "Jesus the Anointed") by his followers after his crucifixion and resurrection. Christians believe that the messianic prophecies were fulfilled in his mission, death, and resurrection. The Pauline epistles, the earliest texts of the New Testament,<sup id="cite_ref-10">[9]  often refer to Jesus as "Christ Jesus" or "Christ".<sup id="cite_ref-11">[10]  The word Christ was originally a title, but later became part of the name "Jesus Christ". It is also used as a title, in the reciprocal use "Christ Jesus", meaning "the Messiah Jesus", and independently as "the Christ".<sup id="cite_ref-Pannenberg_12-0">[11]

The followers of Jesus became known as Christians (as in Acts 11:26) because they believed Jesus to be the Khristós or Mashiach prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.<sup id="cite_ref-Miriam_13-0">[12] <sup id="cite_ref-mercer142_14-0">[13]  Jesus was not, and is not, accepted in Judaism as a Jewish messiah, and the concept of a divine messiah was always rejected by Judaism as idolatry.<sup id="cite_ref-15">[14]  Religious Jews still await their messiah's first coming and the Messianic prophecies of Jewish tradition to be accomplished. Religious Christians believe in the Second Coming of Christ, and they await the rest of Christian messianic prophecies to be fulfilled.<sup id="cite_ref-16">[15]  One of those prophecies, distinctive in both the Jewish and Christian concept of the messiah, is that a Jewish king from the Davidic line, who will be "anointed" with holy anointing oil, will be king of God's kingdom on earth, and rule the Jewish people and mankind during the Messianic Age and World to come.<sup id="cite_ref-17">[16]  Muslims accept Jesus (Arabic: عيسى‎, translit. ʿĪsā) as al-Masih, the messiah in Islam, and believe he will come again<sup id="cite_ref-18">[17], but don't believe that the messiah is divine or the Son of God.

The area of Christian theology called Christology is primarily concerned with the nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament.<sup id="cite_ref-Gerald3_19-0">[18] <ac_metadata title="Join christ today."> </ac_metadata>