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Sandbox -- Thoughts on the translation of


 * ευρισκει ουτος πρωτον τον αδελφον τον ιδιον Σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω ευρηκαμεν τον Μεσσιαν, ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον χριστος. (John 1:41) Nestle-Aland 26th edition

Although in the history of translations of the New Testament, it has been common to translate χριστος as Christ, I am thinking that perhaps a better translation would be anointed, or the anointed, or something of that sort? It seems like it was a decision that was made originally when they translated what had been said in Aramaic into Greek. As far as I know this is the only place that uses the hebrew/aramaic μεσσιαν, other times throughout the NT it is written as the anointed--χριστος. Why has this not been followed when translating out of Greek into other languages?