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The title 'Messiah' ([[Hebrew]] ''mashiach'', 'anointed') applies to any Israelite king or High Priest since the time of King [[Saul]]. Consequently King [[David]] refers to himself as 'Messiah' (usually translated literally in English as 'Anointed', although the [[Septuagint]] uses χριστος) throughout the [[Psalms]]. Christians (using the [[Greek]] translation of the term, ''Christos'') apply the term to [[Jesus]] of Nazareth, while Jews, Christians and Muslims alike also use it to refer to the expected Messiah-to-come who will usher in the final Kingdom of [[God]] on earth predicted by numerous passages in the [[Bible]], and whom Christians identify with Jesus himself.

The title 'Messiah' ([[Hebrew]] ''mashiach'', 'anointed') applies to any Israelite king or High Priest since the time of King [[Saul]]. Consequently King [[David]] refers to himself as 'Messiah' (usually translated literally in English as 'Anointed', although the [[Septuagint]], translated before the Gospels were written, uses χριστος) throughout the [[Psalms]]. Christians (using the [[Greek]] translation of the term, ''Christos'') apply the term to [[Jesus]] of Nazareth, while Jews, Christians and Muslims alike also use it to refer to the expected Messiah-to-come who will usher in the final Kingdom of [[God]] on earth predicted by numerous passages in the [[Bible]], and whom Christians identify with Jesus himself.

As a result of the association with King David and the Psalms, the [[Old Testament]] prophets universally saw the coming Messiah as 'David returned' ('and David shall forever be their Prince', says [[Jeremiah]]), but the associated Hebrew term 'Messiah ben David' was then taken by the [[gospel]] writers to suggest that Jesus must have been a ''Son'' of David - a fact which then resulted in the dubious (and conflicting) claims about Jesus' ancestry that are presented in the early parts of the gospels of [[Matthew]] and [[Luke]]. At Matthew 22:41-46, however, Jesus himself denies the idea.

As a result of the association with King David and the Psalms, the [[Old Testament]] prophets universally saw the coming Messiah as 'David returned' ('and David shall forever be their Prince', says [[Jeremiah]]), but the associated Hebrew term 'Messiah ben David' was then taken by the [[gospel]] writers to suggest that Jesus must have been a ''Son'' of David - a fact which then resulted in the dubious (and conflicting) claims about Jesus' ancestry that are presented in the early parts of the gospels of [[Matthew]] and [[Luke]]. At Matthew 22:41-46, however, Jesus himself denies the idea.