More Christ to Messiah in Gospels only

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 \v 16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted very kindly toward us.
-\v 17 Moses proclaimed God's laws to the Jewish people. Jesus Christ was kind to us far beyond what we deserved and taught us true things about God. 
-\v 18 No one has ever seen God. But, Jesus Christ, who is himself God, is always close to the Father, and he has made us know him.
+\v 17 Moses proclaimed God's laws to the Jewish people. Jesus the Messiah was kind to us far beyond what we deserved and he taught us true things about God. 
+\v 18 No one has ever seen God. But, Jesus the Messiah, who himself is God, is always close to the Father, and he has made us know him.
 
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 \v 19 This is what John gave as his testimony: The Jews sent priests and the Levites from Jerusalem; they came to ask John, "Who are you?"
-\v 20 So John testified to them and said, "I am not the Christ!"
+\v 20 So John testified to them and said, "I am not the Messiah!"
 \v 21 Then they asked him, "What do you say about yourself? Are you Elijah?" He said, "No." They asked again, "Are you the Prophet whom the prophets say will come?"
 John answered, "No."
 
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 \v 24 Some of these people came to John from the Pharisees.
-\v 25 They asked him, "Since you say you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet, then why are you baptizing?"
+\v 25 They asked him, "Since you say you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, then why are you baptizing?"
 
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 \v 26 John replied, "I am baptizing people with water, but there is now someone standing among you whom you do not know. 
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 \v 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave the Jordan River valley. He went to the region around Galilee and found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, "Come with me."
 \v 44 Philip, Andrew, and Peter were all from the town of Bethsaida (in Galilee).
-\v 45 Then Philip went to search for his friend Nathaniel. When he came to him, he said, "We have found the one Moses wrote about, the Christ. The prophets prophesied that he would come. The Christ is Jesus. He is from the town of Nazareth. His father's name is Joseph."
+\v 45 Then Philip went to search for his friend Nathaniel. When he came to him, he said, "We have found the one Moses wrote about, the Messiah. The prophets prophesied that he would come. The Messiah is Jesus. He is from the town of Nazareth. His father's name is Joseph."
 
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 \v 46 Nathaniel replied, "From Nazareth? Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and you will see!"

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 \v 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship him spiritually, and the truth must lead them in worship."
 
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-\v 25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah, the Christ, is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything we need to hear." 
+\v 25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (the one also called "Christ"). When he comes, he will tell us everything we need to hear." 
 \v 26 Jesus said to her, "I, who am speaking to you now, I am he!"
 
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 \v 28 The woman left her water jar there and went back into town. She said to the people of the town,
-\v 29 "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He could not be the Christ, could he?"
+\v 29 "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He could not be the Messiah, could he?"
 \v 30 Many people started heading out of town, going where Jesus was. 
 
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 \v 25 Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man they are trying to put to death?
-\v 26 He is saying these things publicly, but the authorities are not saying anything to oppose him. Is that because they know he is the Christ?
-\v 27 But this cannot be the Christ! We know where this man came from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."
+\v 26 He is saying these things publicly, but the authorities are not saying anything to oppose him. Is that because they know he is the Messiah?
+\v 27 But this cannot be the Messiah! We know where this man came from, but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from."
 
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 \v 30 Then they tried to lay their hands on him, but no one could arrest him because it was not yet the time for him to complete his work and for his life to end.
-\v 31 Many in the crowd, after they heard him and saw his works, put their trust in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he be able to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"
+\v 31 Many in the crowd, after they heard him and saw his works, put their trust in him. They said, "When the Messiah comes, will he be able to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"
 \v 32 The Pharisees heard them quietly speaking these things about Jesus. So they, the chief priests and Pharisees together sent some officers to arrest him.
 
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 \v 40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, "This truly is the Prophet that we were expecting."
-\v 41 Others said, "The Christ cannot come from Galilee. 
-\v 42 Do not the scriptures say that Christ must come through the descendants of David and that he must be born in Bethlehem, the village that was David's home?"
+\v 41 Others said, "The Messiah cannot come from Galilee. 
+\v 42 Do not the scriptures say that Messiah must come through the descendants of David and that he must be born in Bethlehem, the village that was David's home?"
 
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 \v 43 So there was a division of opinion about Jesus.

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 \v 21 Nevertheless, we do not know how he is now able to see. We also do not know who healed his eyes. Ask him, he is old enough to speak for himself."
 
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-\v 22 The Jews who were against Jesus had previously agreed with one another that they would take anyone who declared that Jesus was the Christ and ban him from the synagogue. 
+\v 22 The Jews who were against Jesus had previously agreed with one another that they would take anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah and ban him from the synagogue. 
 \v 23 That is why his parents said, "Ask him, he is old enough to speak for himself."
 
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 \v 22 The time for the celebration called the Festival of Dedication had now come, the time when the Jewish people remembered when their ancestors purified the temple in Jerusalem and gave it to God again. It was in the winter.
 \v 23 Jesus was walking in the temple courtyard in the place called Solomon's porch.
-\v 24 The Jewish opponents of Jesus gathered around him and said, "How long will you keep us wondering about who you are? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly so that we can know."
+\v 24 The Jewish opponents of Jesus gathered around him and said, "How long will you keep us wondering about who you are? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly so that we can know."
 
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 \v 25 Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you would not believe me. You know who I am because of the miracles and other things I do by my Father's name and his authority. Those things tell you all you need to know about me. 

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 \v 26 All those who receive life joined to me and who trust in me—they will never die. Do you believe me?"
 
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-\v 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord! I trust what you say and I trust who you are, that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one God promised would come into the world.
+\v 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord! I trust what you say and I trust who you are, that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one God promised would come into the world.
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 \v 28 After she said that, she returned to the house and took Mary her sister aside privately and said to her, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."
 \v 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went out to him.

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-\v 41 Isaiah wrote those words long ago because he understood that Christ would serve God powerfully.
+\v 41 Isaiah wrote those words long ago because he understood that the Messiah would serve God powerfully.
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 \v 42 Although this was true, many of the leaders of the Jewish people put their trust in Jesus. Nevertheless, they greatly feared that the Pharisees would ban them from the synagogues, so they did not speak out about trusting in Jesus.
 \v 43 They preferred that other people praise and respect them rather than that God would praise them.

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 \v 2 Do this just as you have allowed me, your Son, to rule over all people. Father, you have done this in order that I might be able to them live forever—all whom you have given to me.
 
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-\v 3 This is everlasting life: to know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus Christ, the one whom you have sent into the world. 
+\v 3 This is everlasting life: to know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus the Messiah, the one whom you have sent into the world. 
 \v 4 I have brought all kinds of people to you to show them all about you. I did this by finishing the work you gave me.
 \v 5 Father, give me honor by bringing me into your own presence, as we were before the time we created the world.
 

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 \v 30 Now Jesus did many other works of power and miracles that proved who he is. The disciples witnessed them, but they were so numerous that I have not written them all down in this book.
-\v 31 Nevertheless, I have written these so that you may have complete confidence that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that by trusting in him, you may have eternal life in his name.
+\v 31 Nevertheless, I have written these so that you may have complete confidence that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that by trusting in him, you may have eternal life in his name.