Original sentence: " Accordingly, this is the first time "Christ" is used." Though both words have the meaning of "anointed," Christ is used as a name-title in a way Messiah is not (i.Here Jacob speaks as if the Nephites did not know as yet that the Messiah would be known by the actual Greek word, "Christ.If the Book of Mormon is a true translation, critics contend, then the English words "Christ" and "Messiah" ought necessarily to be the interchangeable translations of a single reformed Egyptian word used on the gold plates.Interestingly, this is not the case.Jesus Christ).One of the passages most problematic to this theory occurs in 2 Nephi 10:3, in which the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob says an angel informed him that the name of the Messiah would be Christ:.Only "Messiah" was used before this point.The word "Christ" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah
Edited sentence: Here Jacob speaks as if he was revealing new information, "that this should be his name"--and yet the word "messiah" was used in reference to Jesus' coming from the very first chapter of the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 1:19).If the Book of Mormon is a translation, then the English words "Christ" and "Messiah" ought to be used interchangeably, as a translation of the reformed Egyptian word used on the gold plates.One of the most problematic passages occurs in 2 Nephi 10:3, where the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob prophesies of Jesus' coming:.The word Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, meaning "anointed".Unfortunately, they are not